Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Theotimius rhodesianus.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Gilbert John Arrow ni adtong 1936.^[2] Ang Theotimius rhodesianus sakop sa kahenera nga Theotimius, ug kabanay nga Scarabaeidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Aprika
  • Zambiya
  • Mozambique

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54724460. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Arrow G.J. (1936) The Beetles belonging to the Lamellicorn Genus Chiron (XII) , The Annals and Magazine of natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology. London 10(17):150-153
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.