| Order | COLEOPTERA |
| Sub-order | Polyphaga |
| Family | CETONIIDAE |
| Sub-family | CETONIINAE |
| Tribe | Cremastocheilini |
| Genus | Scaptobius Schaum, 1841 |
| Taxon | Scaptobius pentarthrius Westwood, 1874 |
| Citation | 2 |
| Type | 1 |
| Citations : | ||||
| Citation | Author, year | Country | Publication | Reference |
| Scaptobius pentarthrius Westw. | VAN SON G., 1936 | RSA | Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari expedition, march to september 1930. Fam. Scarabaeidae subf. Cetoniinae. | Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 17 (2) : 117-120. |
| Scaptobius pentarthrius | Schein, 1957 | Afrique australe | Die Gattungen Scaptobius Schaum und Basilewskynia nov. (Coleoptera, Cetoniinae, Cremastocheilini) mit Neubeschreibungen und einer Bestimmungstabelle. | Opuscula Zoologica, 4 : 1-10. |
| Types : | |||||||||
| Type name | Type | Sex | Collection | Institution | Country | Region | Locality | Date | Collector |
| Scaptobius pentarthrius Westwood, 1874 | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris | Afrique du Sud | Natal |