Genus Diabroctis Gistel, 1857

Diabroctis Gistel, 1857: 92 (original description). Type species: Scarabaeus mimas Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

Taurocopris d’Olsoufieff, 1924: 18, 61 (original description). Type species: Scarabaeus mimas Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Edmonds (1972).

Taurocopris – Pessôa 1934: 282 (cited). — Janssens 1940: 2 (cited). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 473 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list). — Martínez 1959: 96 (catalogue for Argentina). — Martínez & Pereira 1967: 58 (nomenclatural comments). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 567 (key).

Diabroctis – Martínez & Pereira 1967: 58 (nomenclatural comments). — Edmonds 1972: 820 (key, redescription). — Arnaud 1982: 115 (list of types). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Medina & Lopera-Toro 2000: 300, 303 (key). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 186 (checklist for Brazil). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 279 (list). — Medina et al. 2001: 134, 140 (list). — Arnaud 2002b: 14, 18 (key). — Gámez 2004: 51, 52 (distribution for Venezuela, key). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 3 (list); 2009: 60 (cited). — Noriega et al. 2007: 80 (list). — Vaz-de-Mello 2011a: 5, 10, 17, 24, 32, 39, 44 (list, key). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 96 (list). — Boilly et al. 2016: 94 (list, comments). — Valois et al. 2018: 351 (diagnosis). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019:100 (catalogue for the Guianas).