Dichecephala Brenske, 1895

Bezdĕk, Aleš, 2004, Catalogue of Diplotaxini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) of the Old World, Zootaxa 463 (1), pp. 1-90 : 57-58

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.463.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13789369
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scientific name	Dichecephala Brenske, 1895
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Genus Dichecephala Brenske, 1895

Dichecephala Brenske, 1895: 219 ; Dalla Torre, 1912: 83 (catalogue); Moser, 1918a (imprint 1917): 245; Arrow in Scott, 1940: 11; Burgeon, 1945: 2 (key), 19

Apogonia (Catagonia) Kolbe, 1899a: 42 (type species A. nasalis Karsch, 1882 ; by monotypy); Ritsema, 1904b: 113 (catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1912: 135 (catalogue); Arrow in Scott, 1940: 11 (syn. of Dichecephala )

Catagonia : Moser, 1918a (imprint 1917): 245 (syn. of Dichecephala ); Burgeon, 1945: 19 (key)

Type species: Dichecephala abyssinica Brenske, 1895 (= D. bilaminifrons ( Ancey, 1883 )); by monotypy.

Distribution: Ethiopian region.

Remark: The genus Dichecephala was originally described as a member of the tribe Diphucephalini Burmeister, 1855 . Later, Moser (1918) synonymized it with the genus Catagonia and transferred it to the tribe Diplotaxini .