{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Monochelus | authority = Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828 | type_species = | type_species_authority = | synonyms = *''Trichidius'' <small>Burmeister, 1844</small> }}
'''''Monochelus''''' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1220729/ BioLib]</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Monochelus'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/QHT9S|website= 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 (2025-10-10 XR).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=March 16, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Péringuey|first1=L.|date= 1902|title= Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae.|url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36995#page/79/mode/1up|journal=Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society|volume=12|issue=|publisher= |pages= 561-920|doi= |access-date= March 16, 2026}} {{pd-notice}}</ref>
== Species == *''Monochelus angolensis'' <small>Moser, 1919</small> *''Monochelus aurantiacus'' <small> Burmeister, 1844</small> *''Monochelus calcaratus'' <small> Burmeister, 1844</small> *''Monochelus femoratus'' <small> Burmeister, 1855</small> *''Monochelus formosus'' <small> Burmeister, 1844</small> *''Monochelus funebris'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus hilaris'' <small> Péringuey, 1908</small> *''Monochelus inops'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus jucundus'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus laetulus'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus laetus'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus lineatus'' <small> Burmeister, 1855</small> *''Monochelus litigiosus'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus natalensis'' <small> Péringuey, 1885</small> *''Monochelus ornatus'' <small> Burmeister, 1844</small> *''Monochelus princeps'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus pruinosus'' <small> Burmeister, 1844</small> *''Monochelus pulcher'' <small> Péringuey, 1885</small> *''Monochelus pulvinatus'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus pusillus'' <small> (Wiedemann, 1823)</small> *''Monochelus sagae'' <small> Péringuey, 1908</small> *''Monochelus simplicipes'' <small> Péringuey, 1902</small> *''Monochelus squamans'' <small>(Gyllenhal, 1817)</small> *''Monochelus squamulatus'' <small> Laporte, 1840</small> *''Monochelus vittiger'' <small> (Blanchard, 1850)</small>
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