Dichotomius (Dichotomius) Hope 1838

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Pinotus (Pinotus) Erichsonı Luederwaldt 1929 ı p. 8. (synonym). (Type species: scarabaeus carolinus Linnaeus 1759 ı by original designation)

Brachycopris Haldeman 1848 p. 125 (synonym). (Type species: scarabaeus carolinus ı by original designation)

Pseudoheliocopris Ferreira 1970 ı p. 8 (synonym); Cambefort 1976: 270. (Type species: Pseudoheliocopris cornutus Ferreira 1970 ı by original designation)

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) Hopeı Martínez 1951 ı p. 140.

Diagnosis. separated from other Dichotomius subgenera by having completely rounded or weakly emarginated anterior portion of the clypeus; lacking clypeal teeth; lacking clypeo-genal angle and having conical ventral clypeal process.

Representatives. This subgenus includes the following species groups: D. diabolicus (Haroldı 1868) ı D. bitiensis (Gillet 1911) ı D. boreus (Olivier) ı D. buqueti (Lucas 1859) ı

D. carolinus (Linnaeus 1767) ı D. cotopaxi (Guérin-Ménéville 1855) ı D. depressicollis (Harold 1867) ı D. inhiatus (Germar 1824) ı D. mamillatus (Felsche 1901) ı D. satanas (Harold 1867) and D. semiaeneus (Germar 1824) . It also includes the isolated species Dichotomius bos (Blanchard 1845) ı D. mormon (Ljungh 1799) and D. agesilaus (Waterhouse 1891) . Despite the D. buqueti group has been partially revised by Arias-Buriticá and Vaz-de-Mello (2012 ı 2013 ı 2019) and the revision of D. mamillatus is advancedı the whole subgenus needs urgent taxonomic revision.