Subgenus Scarabaeolus Balthasar, 1965

Scarabaeus (Scarabaeolus) Balthasar 1965: 14 . Ferreira 1968a: 3; 1968b: 28; 1972: 33, map 7; Mostert and Scholtz 1986: 16; Zidek and Pokorný 2004: 3; Deschodt et al. 2015: 505.

Type species: Scarabaeus laevifrons Fairmaire 1884: 121, by original designation.