Genus Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865
Geotrupes (Ceratotrupes) Jekel, 1865: 540 .
Geotrupes – Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1081 (syn.). — Bates 1887: 112.
Ceratotrupes – Boucomont 1912: 20. — Blackwelder 1944: 220. — Howden 1955: 162; 1964: 45; 1974: 569; 2003: 100. — Halffter & Martínez 1962: 149. — Zunino 1984: 106. — Trotta-Moreu et al. 2008: 53. — Smith 2009: 4.
Ceratophyus (Ceratotrupes) – Boucomont 1902: 11.
Type species
Geotrupes fronticornis Erichson, 1847 by original designation.