title: Dichotomius
text: # Dichotomius
  
  Dichotomius est un genre de Coléoptères de la famille des Scarabaeidae. Il comprend environ 200 espèces toutes originaires des Amériques.
  
  ## Liste des sous-genres
  
  Selon BioLib (18 juin 2021) :
  
  * Dichotomius (Dichotomius) Hope, 1838
  * Dichotomius (Homocanthonides) Luederwaldt, 1929
  * Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) Martínez, 1951
  * Dichotomius (Selenocopris) Burmeister, 1842
  
  Selon Catalogue of Life (18 juin 2021) :
  
  * Dichotomius (Cephagonus) Luederwaldt, 1929
  * Dichotomius (Dichotomius) Hope, 1838
  * Dichotomius (Homocanthonides) Luederwaldt, 1929
  * Dichotomius (Selenocopris) Burmeister, 1846
  
  ## Liste des espèces
  
  Selon GBIF (18 juin 2021) :
  
  * Dichotomius adrastus (Harold, 1875)
  * Dichotomius affinis (Felsche, 1910)
  * Dichotomius agenor (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius agesilaus (Waterhouse, 1891)
  * Dichotomius aielloae Nunes, 2016
  * Dichotomius alutaceus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius alvarengai Maldaner, Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015
  * Dichotomius alyattes (Harold, 1880)
  * Dichotomius amicitiae Kohlmann & Solis, 1997
  * Dichotomius amplicollis (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius andresi Sarmiento-Garcés & Amat-Garcia, 2014
  * Dichotomius angeloi Nunes, Carvalho & Vaz-de-Mello, 2016
  * Dichotomius annae Kohlmann & Solis, 1997
  * Dichotomius anthrax (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius apicalis (Luederwaldt, 1931)
  * Dichotomius arnaudi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius ascanius (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius asenjoi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius assifer (Eschscholtz, 1822)
  * Dichotomius australis (Luederwaldt, 1931)
  * Dichotomius baiano Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius barbarae Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius batesi (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius bechynei Martinez, 1973
  * Dichotomius belus (Harold, 1880)
  * Dichotomius benesi Vaz-de-Mello & Nunes, 2016
  * Dichotomius bicornis (Waterhouse, 1891)
  * Dichotomius bicuspis (Germar, 1824)
  * Dichotomius bitiensis (Gillet, 1911)
  * Dichotomius blancoi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius boreus (Olivier, 1789)
  * Dichotomius borgmeieri Pereira & Martinez, 1959
  * Dichotomius bos (Blanchard, 1846)
  * Dichotomius bosqui (Pereira, 1941)
  * Dichotomius buqueti (Lucas, 1859)
  * Dichotomius calcaratus Arrow, 1913
  * Dichotomius camargoi Martinez, 1956
  * Dichotomius camposeabrai Martinez, 1974
  * Dichotomius candango Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius carbonarius (Mannerheim, 1829)
  * Dichotomius carinatus (Luederwaldt, 1925)
  * Dichotomius carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Dichotomius catimbau Valois, Vaz-de-Mello & Silva, 2017
  * Dichotomius centralis (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius clypeatus (Luederwaldt, 1929)
  * Dichotomius coenosus (Erichson, 1848)
  * Dichotomius colonicus (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius colonicus (Say, 1835)
  * Dichotomius comarapensis Génier, 2000
  * Dichotomius compressicollis (Luederwaldt, 1929)
  * Dichotomius conicollis (Blanchard, 1846)
  * Dichotomius costaricensis (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius cotopaxi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)
  * Dichotomius crinicollis (Germar, 1824)
  * Dichotomius cuprinus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius dahli (Landin, 1955)
  * Dichotomius danieli Kohlmann & Solis, 1997
  * Dichotomius darwini Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2016
  * Dichotomius depressicollis (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius deyrollei (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius diabolicus (Harold, 1875)
  * Dichotomius divergens (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius dynastus Gandini & Aguilar, 2009
  * Dichotomius edmondsi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius emas Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius enioi Montoya-Molina & Vaz-De, 2021
  * Dichotomius eucranioides Pereira & Andretta, 1955
  * Dichotomius fallax (Harold, 1880)
  * Dichotomius favi Kohlmann & Solis, 1997
  * Dichotomius feeri Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius femoratus Howden & Young, 1981
  * Dichotomius fernandosilvai Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius filgueirasi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius fimbriatus (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius fissiceps (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius fissus (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius fonsecae (Luederwaldt, 1926)
  * Dichotomius fornicatus Luederwaldt, 1931
  * Dichotomius fortepunctatus (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius fortestriatus (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius foveicollis (Kirsch, 1871)
  * Dichotomius frizzasae Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius furtadoi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius gamboaensis Howden & Young, 1981
  * Dichotomius gandinii Rossini & Vaz-de-Mello, 2020
  * Dichotomius gardneri Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius geminatus (Arrow, 1913)
  * Dichotomius gilletti Valois, Vaz-de-Mello & Silva, 2017
  * Dichotomius glaucus (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius globulus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius guaribensis Valois, Vaz-de-Mello & Silva, 2017
  * Dichotomius haroldi (Waterhouse, 1891)
  * Dichotomius hempeli (Pereira, 1942)
  * Dichotomius henripittieri Montoya-Molina & Vaz-De, 2021
  * Dichotomius horridus (Felsche, 1911)
  * Dichotomius horvathi (Balthasar, 1970)
  * Dichotomius iannuzziae Valois, Vaz-de-Mello & Silva, 2017
  * Dichotomius imitator Felsche, 1901
  * Dichotomius inachoides (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius inachus (Erichson, 1847)
  * Dichotomius inflaticollis (Felsche, 1910)
  * Dichotomius ingens (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius interstitialis (Luederwaldt, 1931)
  * Dichotomius irinus (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius itatiaiaensis Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius laevicollis (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius latistriatus (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius longiceps (Taschenberg, 1870)
  * Dichotomius louzadai Nunes, Carvalho & Vaz-de-Mello, 2016
  * Dichotomius lucasi (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius lucianomourai Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius luctuosioides (Luederwaldt, 1922)
  * Dichotomius luctuosus (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius lycas (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius machadoi Martinez & Pereira, 1967
  * Dichotomius malyi Maldaner, Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015
  * Dichotomius mamillatus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius manni Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2016
  * Dichotomius marcoscarvalhoi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius maya Peraza & Deloya, 2006
  * Dichotomius melzeri (Luederwaldt, 1922)
  * Dichotomius micans (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius missionus (Martinez, 1947)
  * Dichotomius monstrosus (Harold, 1875)
  * Dichotomius mormon (Ljungh, 1799)
  * Dichotomius motai (Pereira, 1942)
  * Dichotomius mundus (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius muticus (Luederwaldt, 1922)
  * Dichotomius mysticus (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius nemoricola (Pereira, 1942)
  * Dichotomius nevermanni (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius nimuendaju Luederwaldt, 1925
  * Dichotomius nisus (Olivier, 1789)
  * Dichotomius nitidissimus (Waterhouse, 1891)
  * Dichotomius nobilis (Waterhouse, 1891)
  * Dichotomius nutans (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius ocellatopunctatus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius ohausi (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius opacipennis (Luederwaldt, 1931)
  * Dichotomius opalescens (Felsche, 1910)
  * Dichotomius parcepunctatus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius paresi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015
  * Dichotomius parisi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2016
  * Dichotomius paschoali Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius pelamon (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius periotoi Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2016
  * Dichotomius planicollis (Gillet, 1911)
  * Dichotomius podalirius (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius prietoi Martinez & Martinez, 1982
  * Dichotomius problematicus (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius protectus (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius provisorius (Luederwaldt, 1925)
  * Dichotomius punctatostriatus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius puncticollis (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius punctulatipennis (Luederwaldt, 1930)
  * Dichotomius quadraticeps (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius quadrinodosus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius quinquedens (Felsche, 1910)
  * Dichotomius quinquelobatus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius rafanunezi Montoya-Molina & Vaz-De, 2021
  * Dichotomius reclinatus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius reichei (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius ribeiroi (Pereira, 1954)
  * Dichotomius ricardosilvai Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius robustus (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius rodrigoi Kohlmann & Solis, 1997
  * Dichotomius rondoniaensis Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius rotundatus (Burmeister, 1874)
  * Dichotomius rugatus (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius rugosicollis (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius sagittarius Harold, 1869
  * Dichotomius satanas (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius schiffleri Vaz-de-Mello, Louzada & Gavino, 2001
  * Dichotomius seag Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius semiaeneus (Germar, 1824)
  * Dichotomius semicircularis (Luederwaldt, 1929)
  * Dichotomius semisquamosus (Curtis, 1844)
  * Dichotomius sericeus (Harold, 1867)
  * Dichotomius sexdentatus (Luederwaldt, 1925)
  * Dichotomius simplex (Taschenberg, 1870)
  * Dichotomius simplicicornis (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius smaragdinus (Perty, 1830)
  * Dichotomius socius (Luederwaldt, 1929)
  * Dichotomius spadiceus (Luederwaldt, 1928)
  * Dichotomius speciosus (Waterhouse, 1891)
  * Dichotomius subaeneus (Castelnau, 1840)
  * Dichotomius superbus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius taunayi (Luederwaldt, 1922)
  * Dichotomius telamon (Harold, 1869)
  * Dichotomius texanus (Felsche, 1901)
  * Dichotomius tissianiae Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius triangulariceps (Blanchard, 1846)
  * Dichotomius triquetrus (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius tristis (Luederwaldt, 1923)
  * Dichotomius truncatus Luederwaldt, 1931
  * Dichotomius validipilosus (Luederwaldt, 1931)
  * Dichotomius valoisae Silva, Moura, Araújo & de Moura, 2020
  * Dichotomius vargasae Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2019
  * Dichotomius vidaurrei Nunes & Vaz-de-Mello, 2013
  * Dichotomius virescens (Luederwaldt, 1935)
  * Dichotomius worontzowi (Pereira, 1942)
  * Dichotomius yucatanus (Bates, 1887)
  * Dichotomius zikani (Luederwaldt, 1922)
  * Dichotomius ziliolii Gandini & Aguilar, 2009
  
  ## Systématique
  
  Le nom scientifique de ce taxon est Dichotomius, choisi par l'entomologiste britannique Frederic William Hope en 1838.
  
  Les genres suivants sont synonymes de Dichotomius selon GBIF (18 juin 2021) :
  
  * Brachycopris Haldeman, 1848
  * Pinotus Erichson, 1847
  * Pseudoheliocopris Ferreira, 1970
  * Selenocopris Burmeister, 1842
  
  ## Publication originale
  
  * (en) F.W. Hope, « Observations on the lamellicorns of Olivier », Entomological Magazin, vol. 5,‎ 1838, p. 312-326.
  