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For type repositories see Janssens (1940).

Type species: Ateuchus aegyptiorum Latreille, 1827 , by subsequent designation in Janssens (1940).

aegyptiorum ( Latreille, 1827: 9) (Ateuchus) ; Egypt to Kenya.

a. var. cuprescens ( Gillet, 1907: 592) (Scarabaeus) .

a. var. fulgidus ( Gillet, 1907: 592) (Scarabaeus) .

a. var. nigricans ( Gillet, 1907: 592) (Scarabaeus) .

a. var. purpurascens ( Gerstaecker, 1871: 48) (Ateuchus) . [syn. in Janssens 1940 and Ferreira 1972] aeratus ( Gerstaecker, 1871: 48) (Ateuchus) ; e. Africa.

a. var. transversorugosus ( Kolbe, 1897: 133) (Scarabaeus) . [described as a species]

– aeruginosus ( Klug, 1855: 650) (Ateuchus) ; = cupreus asceticus ( Gillet, 1907: 590) (Scarabaeus) ; Somalia.

– bettoni ( Waterhouse, 1897: 553) (Scarabaeus) ; = laevistriatus bonellii ( MacLeay, 1821: 498) (Scarabaeus) ; RSA (w. Cape). clericus ( Boheman, 1857: 167) (Ateuchus) ; RSA (Natal, Transvaal). [redescribed by Davis 1986: 374] – corinthius ( Fairmaire, 1887: 102) (Scarabaeus) ; = aegyptiorum – cribricollis ( Waterhouse, 1885: 231) (Ateuchus) ; = pustulosus cupreus ( Castelnau, 1840: 65) (Ateuchus) ; DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, RSA, Zimbabwe.

c. var. atroviridis Janssens, 1940: 68 . cuvieri ( MacLeay, 1821: 499) (Scarabaeus) ; Senegal. devotus ( Redtenbacher, 1844: 515) (Ateuchus) ; India (W. Bengal), se. Afghanistan, Pakistan. erichsoni ( Harold, 1867: 94) (Ateuchus) ; India, Sri Lanka. festivus ( Harold, 1868: 79) (Scarabaeus) ; Angola, Benin, DRC, Nigeria, Togo, Zimbabwe.

f. ssp. nicolasi Moretto, 1998: 31 ; Cameroon.

f. ssp. simoni Moretto, 1998: 32 ; CAR, DRC.

f. ssp. wellsi Moretto, 1998: 33 ; Burundi, Tanzania. – infernalis ( Klug, 1855: 650) (Ateuchus) ; = lamarcki intermedius ( Gillet, 1909: 194) (Scarabaeus) ; Angola, DRC. [described as a var. of nigroaeneus ] kalaharicus Davis, Deschodt and Scholtz, 2011: 284 (in Deschodt et al. 2011) ( Scarabaeus ( Kheper ));

Botswana, RSA. Stat. n. laevistriatus ( Fairmaire, 1893: 147) (Scarabaeus) ; Somalia, Kenya. lamarcki ( MacLeay, 1821: 499) (Scarabaeus) ; DRC, Mozambique, RSA (Natal, Transvaal), Zimbabwe. – mashuanus ( Péringuey, 1901: 28, 32) ( Scarabaeus ); = vanderkelleni [= festivus in Janssens 1940] – metallicus ( Boheman, 1857: 164) (Ateuchus) ; = cupreus – namibicus Krajcik, 2006: 21 ; = cupreus [syn. by Deschodt et al. 2011] nigroaeneus ( Boheman, 1857: 165) (Ateuchus) ; Mozambique, RSA, Zimbabwe.

n. var. usurpator ( Gillet, 1907: 593) (Scarabaeus) ; RSA (Cape). paganus ( Harold, 1878: 101) (Scarabaeus) ; Zimbabwe. [= festivus in Janssens 1940] platynotus ( Bates, 1888: 201) (Scarabaeus) ; Mozambique. porosus ( Bates, 1888: 202) (Scarabaeus) ; e. Africa. prodigiosus ( Erichson, 1843: 23) (Ateuchus) ; DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe. – pubiventris ( Lansberge, 1874: 5) (Scarabaeus) ; = prodigiosus pustulosus ( Gerstaecker, 1871: 48) (Ateuchus) ; DRC, Tanzania. rolciki sp. n.; Tanzania. sanctus ( Fabricius, 1798: 34) (Copris) ; India, Sri Lanka. – stigmaticus ( Fairmaire, 1887: 102) (Scarabaeus) ; = aegyptiorum subaeneus ( Harold, 1869: 56) (Scarabaeus) ; DRC, Senegal.

s. var. angolensis Janssens, 1940: 72 ; Angola.

s. var. atratus ( Gillet, 1911: 309) (Scarabaeus) ; e. Africa.

s. var. orientalis ( Gillet, 1907: 587) (Scarabaeus) ; Mozambique, RSA. – thomsoni ( Waterhouse, 1885: 377) (Scarabaeus) ; = aegyptiorum vanderkelleni ( Lansberge, 1886: 70) (Scarabaeus) ; Angola. [= festivus in Janssens 1940] venerabilis ( Harold, 1871: 2) (Scarabaeus) ; Ethiopia. zurstrasseni Davis, 1986: 376 ; RSA (Transvaal).