Genus Catharsius Hope, 1837

Catharsius Hope, 1837, Coleopt. Manual, 1: 21 (Type species: Scarabaeus molossus Linnaeus, 1758, desig. by Hope, 1837, deposited in LSLC).

Subg. Metacatharsius Paulian, 1939, Rev. Fr. Ent., 6: 13.