Cyphonistes Burmeister, 1847

[20 species and 8 additional subspecies].

Type species Geotrupes vallatus Wiedeman, 1823, by subsequent designation of Prell (1912c).

Cephisodotus Fairmaire, 1891 . Type species Cephisodotus rufocastaneus Fairmaire, 1891 (= Cyphonistes tuberculifrons Quedenfeldt, 1884), by monotypy. Status revised to Cyphonistes (Cephisodotus) by Prell (1912c). Synonymy by Endrődi (1975b).

Pseudocyphonistes Péringuey, 1901 . Type species Cyphonistes corniculatus Burmeister, 1847, by monotypy. Synonymy by Endrődi (1975b).

Cyphonistes (Cerocyphonistes) Prell, 1912c . Type species Cyphonistes brachti Prell, 1912, by original designation. Synonymy by Endrődi (1975b).

Cyphonistes (Ctenocyphonistes) Prell, 1912c . Type species Cyphonistes sternbergi Prell, 1912, by original designation. Synonymy by Endrődi (1975b).

Cyphonistes (Eucyphonistes) Prell, 1912c . Type species Geotrupes vallatus Wiedemann, 1823, by original designation. Synonymy by Endrődi (1975b).