Phanaeus, MacLeay, 1819

Edmonds, W. D. & Zídek, J., 2012, Taxonomy of Phanaeus revisited: Revised keys to and comments on species of the New World dung beetle genus Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini), Insecta Mundi 2012 (274), pp. 1-108 : 4

List of Phanaeus species-group names and status

Listed below are 114 known species-group names assignable to Phanaeus , of which we consider 54 to be valid (noted in boldface type) and 53 others to be synonyms. Four names are primary junior homonyms and, consequently, permanently unavailable; one is infrasubspecific and, therefore, unavailable; and two are fossils of uncertain status. In the listing below, the following abbreviations apply: hom. = homonym; jr. = junior; prim. = primary; subj. = subjective; syn. = synonym. Genericinitials and names have been intentionally omitted for clarity. Numbers in brackets “[##]” following names of valid species refer to the page below on which the species is identified in the relevant key.