Onthophagus Latreille, 1802

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Genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802

Onthophagus Latreille, 1802: 141 (original description). Type species: Scarabaeus taurus Schreber, 1759 , by original monotypy.

Chalcoderus Erichson, 1847b: 763 (original description). Type species: no fixation known to us.

Monapus Erichson, 1847b: 763 (original description). Type species: no fixation known to us; no nominal species seem to have been originally included. Chamorro et al. (2019) stated the type species was “probably” Onthophagus mniszechi Harold, 1869 , but did not explain why they thought so.

Psilax Erichson, 1847b: 764 (original description). Type species: Onthophagus pronus Erichson, 1842 , by original monotypy.

Macropocopris Arrow, 1920: 435 (original description). Type species: Macropocopris prehensilis Arrow, 1920 , by subsequent designation of Matthews (1972).

Onthophagus – Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville 1828: 353 (redescription). — Agassiz 1846: 749 (catalogue). — Latreille 1829: 536 (redescription). — Brullé 1838: 300 (redescription). — Castelnau 1840: 83 (redescription). — Lacordaire 1855: 107 (redescription). — Harold 1869d: 1024 (catalogue). — Gillet 1911b: 118 (catalogue). — Gillet & Boucomont 1927: 205 (catalogue). — Dawson 1922: 61 (key). — Paulian 1938: 232 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 211 (list). — Roze 1955: 45 (checklist for Venezuela). — Martínez 1959: 108 (catalogue for Argentina). — Howden & Cartwright 1963: 6 (redescription). — Halffter & Matthews 1966: 254 (catalog, distribution). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 562 (key). — Howden & Young 1981: 11, 93 (key, redescription). — Halffter & Edmonds 1982: 135 (catalog, distribution). — Huchet 1992: 300 (key). — Medina & Lopera-Toro 2000: 301 (key). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist for Brazil). — Medina et al. 2001: 139 (list for Colombia). — Kohlmann & Solís 2001: 160 (redescription). — Ratcliffe 2002: 17 (checklist for Panama). — Ratcliffe et al. 2002: 49 (key). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 16 (list for Bolivia). — Pulido-Herrera & Zunino 2007: 94 (catalogue). — Vaz-de-Mello et al. 2011a: 23 (key). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 145, 322 (diagnosis, list). — Krajcik 2012: 174 (list). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 8 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 74, 96–97 (list for Ecuador); 2019: 179 (catalogue). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 90 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Chalcoderus – Lacordaire 1855: 109 (comments). — Harold 1869d: 1024 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Gillet 1911b: 118 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Blackwelder 1944: 211 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 8 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ).

Monapus – Lacordaire 1855: 109 (comments). — Harold 1869d: 1024 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Gillet 1911b: 118 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Blackwelder 1944: 211 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 8 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ).

Psilax – Lacordaire 1855: 109 (comments). — Harold 1869d: 1024 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Gillet 1911b: 118 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Blackwelder 1944: 211 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 8 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ).

Macropocopris – Halffter & Matthews 1966: 254 (cited as genus). — Halffter & Edmonds 1982: 135 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 8 (cited as synonym of Onthophagus ).