Genus Gromphas Dejean, 1836

Gromphas Dejean, 1836: 159 (genus-group name made available by being accompanied by an available species-group name, an indication as defined in Art. 12.2.5 of the Code [ICZN 1999]; see Cupello [2024] for details). Type species: Coprobius lacordairii Oken, 1834, by original monotypy; see Cupello (2024).

Copris (Gromphas) – Brullé 1838: 283, 298, 304 (first description of the genus).

Gromphas – Sturm 1843: 108 (catalogue). — Agassiz 1846: 481 (catalogue). — Blanchard 1846: 181 (description of new species). — Erichson 1847b: 760 (comment). — Lacordaire 1855: 100 (redescription). — Harold 1868e: 81 (characteristics); Harold 1869d: 1016 (catalogue). — Bates 1870: 175 (comments). — Chapuis 1876: 276 (catalogue). — Karsch 1887: 1 (cited). — Kolbe 1905: 550 (comments). — Gillet 1911b: 80 (catalogue). — Fabre 1919: 244, 247, 256 (comments). — Lucas 1920: 309 (catalogue, distribution). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 17 (key, redescription). — Luederwaldt 1929: 614 [12] (characteristics, diagnosis). — Pessoa 1934: 282 (comments). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 470 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list). — Roze 1955: 45 (checklist for Venezuela). — Martínez 1959: 95 (catalogue for Argentina). — Barattini & Sáenz 1961: 21 (contribution); 1964: 173 (comments). — Halffter & Matthews 1966: 257 (catalogue, distribution). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 565 (key). — Edmonds 1972: 816 (comment). — Halffter & Edmonds 1982: 137 (catalogue, distribution). — Zunino 1983: 22 (comments); 1985: 104 (comment). — Martínez 1989: 50, 67 (list, distribution). — Hanski & Cambefort 1991: 468 (ecology). — Walsh & Gandolfo 1996: 587 (biology). — Medina & Lopera-Toro 2000: 305 (key). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 193 (checklist for Brazil). — Medina et al. 2001:138 (checklist for Colombia).— Davis et al. 2002:1240 (biogeography, list). — Philips et al. 2004a: 55–56 (phylogeny); 2004b: 43, 51–54, 58 (phylogeny). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 17 (list). — Ocampo & Hawks 2006: 558 (phylogeny). — Noriega et al. 2008a: 131 (cited); 2010: 454 (comments). — Scholtz et al. 2009: 246 (history). — Gillet et al. 2010: 4 (distribution). — Bouchard et al. 2011: 245 (nomenclator). — Vaz-de-Mello et al. 2011a: 24 (key). — Figueroa et al. 2012: 2 (redescription); 2014: 137 (distribution for Peru). — Gatty et al. 2012: 1 (comments). — Krajcik 2012: 117 (list). — Korasaki et al. 2012: 427 (distribution). — Cupello 2013: 15–16. — Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2013b: 443 (revision); 2014: 399 (comments); 2015: 3, 11 (key, distribution, phylogeny). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 75 95 (list for Ecuador); 2019: 156 (catalogue). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 93 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Cupello 2024: 23–51.