 It is considered the type species of the genus "Scarabaeus", despite some controversy surrounding Latreille's 1810 type designation, which was resolved by a ruling of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature in 2014, to accept Hope's 1837 designation of "S. sacer" as the type rather than Latreille's 1810 designation (of "Dynastes hercules").OPINION 2344 (Case 3590)