Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 173-175

Genus Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819

Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819: 124 (original description). Type species: Phanaeus vindex MacLeay, 1819 , by subsequent designation of Bouchard et al. (2024).

Lonchophorus Germar, 1823: 106 (original description), senior homonym of Lonchophorus Lund, 1839 ( Rodentia : Echimyidae ) (invalid in favour of Phyllomys Lund, 1839 ), Lonchophorus Eschscholtz, 1825 (Crustacea) (invalid in favour of Percnon Gistel, 1848 , new replacement name), Lonchophorus Studer, 1881 (Echinodermata) (uncertain status), and Lonchophorus Pomel, 1883 (Echinodermata) (uncertain status). Type species: Scarabaeus carnifex Linnaeus, 1767 (non 1758), by subsequent designation of Edmonds (1972).

Onthurgus Gistel, 1857: 602 (original description). Type species: Scarabaeus carnifex Linnaeus, 1767 (non 1758), by original designation [see Edmonds’ (1972: 827; 2000: 4) discussion on the identity of the type species].

Palaeocopris Pierce, 1946: 130 (original description). Type species: Palaeocopris labreae Pierce, 1946 , by original monotypy.

Phanaeus – Brullé 1838: 302 (redescription). — Agassiz 1846: 818 (catalogue). — Lacordaire 1855: 100 (redescription). — Harold 1869d: 1016 (catalogue). — Chapuis 1876: 276 (catalogue). — Nevinson 1892: 1 (catalog, distribution). — Gillet 1911b: 81 (catalog, distribution). — Lucas 1920: 499 (catalog, distribution). — Dawson 1922: 61 (key). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 22, 63, 140 (key, redescription, distribution). — Pessôa 1934: 282, 284 (description, biology). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 470 (key, characteristics). — Blackwelder 1944: 209 (list). — Balthasar 1951: 336 (list). — Pereira 1953: 391 (notes). — Roze 1955: 45 (checklist for Venezuela). — Martínez 1959: 97 (catalogue for Argentina). — Halffter & Matthews 1966: 258 (catalog, distribution). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 566 (key). — Edmonds 1972: 820, 826 (key, redescription); 1994: 8 (revision); 2003: 60 (redescription). — Howden & Young 1981: 12, 134 (key, redescription). — Halffter & Edmonds 1982: 136 (catalog, distribution). — Zunino 1985: 104 (comment). — Gámez & Mora 2000: 17 (list). — Medina & Lopera-Toro 2000: 303 (key). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 283 (diagnosis). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 194 (checklist for Brazil). — Medina et al. 2001: 140 (checklist for Colombia). — Arnaud 2002b: 13 (key). — Ratcliffe 2002: 16 (checklist for Panama). — Philips et al. 2004b: 50 (comments). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 17 (list for Bolivia); 2009: 64 (distribution for Bolivia). — Noriega et al. 2007: 80 (list). — Vaz-de-Mello et al. 2011a: 25 (key). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 137, 318 (diagnosis, list for Ecuador). — Edmonds & Zídek 2012: 2 (revision). — Krajcik 2012: 204 (list). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Figueroa et al. 2014: 133 (distribution for Peru). — Boilly et al. 2016: 96 (list, comments). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 75, 97–98 (list for Ecuador); 2019: 210 (catalogue). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 105 (catalogue for the Guianas).

Lonchophorus – Brullé 1838: 302 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Agassiz 1846: 620 (catalogue). — Lacordaire 1855: 100 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Harold 1869d: 1016 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Nevinson 1892: 1 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Gillet 1911b:81 (synonym of Phanaeus ).— Lucas 1920: 381 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — d’Olsoufieff 1924: 140 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Blackwelder 1944: 209 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Martínez 1959: 97 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Edmonds 1972: 826 (synonym of Phanaeus ); 1994: 46 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus ). — Ratcliffe 2002: 16 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Vítolo 2000: 595 (key); 2004: 86 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Figueroa et al. 2014: 133 (synonym of Phanaeus ).

Onthurgus – Edmonds 1972: 827 (synonym of Phanaeus ); 1994: 46 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus ). — Ratcliffe 2002: 16 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Vítolo 2004: 286 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Figueroa et al. 2014: 133 (synonym of Phanaeus ).

Palaeocopris – Ratcliffe 2002: 16 (synonym of Phanaeus ). — Edmonds 1994: 46 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus ). — Vítolo 2004: 286 (cited as synonym of Phanaeus ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (synonym of Phanaeus ).