Dichelus acanthopus

Dichelus acanthopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Dichelus
Species:	D. acanthopus
Binomial name
	Dichelus acanthopus; (Burmeister, 1844)
Synonyms
	Heterochelus acanthopus Burmeister, 1844;

Dichelus acanthopus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in). They are similar to Dichelus dentipes, but the facies is not so robust, the colour of the pronotum is slightly greenish black, that of the elytra varies also from red-brown to fuscous, but instead of having appressed hairs they only have a band of greyish-white ones not closely set and often partly obliterated. The pygidium of the females has two hairless lateral patches like the female of Dichelus expansus.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dichelus (Dichelus) acanthopus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
1 2 Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] BioLib

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dichelus (Dichelus) acanthopus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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