List of dung beetle and chafer (Scarabaeoidea) species recorded in Britain

This is a list of the dung beetle and chafer (Scarabaeoidea) species recorded in Great Britain.^[1] For other beetles, see List of beetles of Great Britain.

Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804

Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platycerus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Trogidae MacLeay, 1819

(Goeze, 1777)
Trox sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767)

Family Bolboceratidae Mulsant, 1842

(Scopoli, 1772)

Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802

Typhaeus typhoeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Scriba, 1791)
(Marsham, 1802)
Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802)
Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trypocopris pyrenaeus (Charpentier, 1825)
Trypocopris vernalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Aegialia arenaria (Fabricius, 1787)
Pittino, 2006
(Fabricius, 1792)
(Kugelann, 1792)
(Fabricius, 1775) ?
Aphodius rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gyllenhal, 1808
Erichson, 1848
Aphodius ater (De Geer, 1774)
Duftschmid, 1805
(Moll, 1782)
Aphodius sordidus (Fabricius, 1775)
Erichson, 1848
Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius foetens (Fabricius, 1787)
(Herbst, 1783)
(De Geer, 1774)
Aphodius ictericus (Laicharting, 1781)
Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
Bedel, 1907
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)
(Herbst, 1789)
(Panzer, 1798)
Aphodius subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Olivier, 1789)
Germar, 1813
(Illiger, 1798)
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Creutzer, 1799
Aphodius prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
Sturm, 1805
(Panzer, 1798)
Aphodius contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
Sturm, 1823
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Linnaeus, 1761)
(Olivier, 1789)
Gyllenhal, 1827
(Olivier, 1789)
Aphodius porcus (Fabricius, 1792)
Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Panzer, 1798)
(Herbst, 1783)
(Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1806)
(Fabricius, 1775)
Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)
(Blackburn, 1892)
(Peringuey, 1901)
(Illiger, 1803)
(Sturm, 1805)
(Fabricius, 1775)
Tesarius caelatus (LeConte, 1857)
Tesarius mcclayi (Cartwright, 1955)
Pleurophorus caesus (Creutzer in Panzer, 1796)
Rhyssemus germanus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Onthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
(Preyssler, 1790)
Goljan, 1953
Onthophagus nuchicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Scriba, 1790)
Onthophagus vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Laicharting, 1781)
(Füessly, 1775)
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
Polyphylla fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Amphimallon ochraceum (Knoch, 1801)
Amphimallon solstitiale (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fabricius, 1775) ?
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Scopoli, 1763)
Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758) ?
Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Herbst, 1782)
Gnorimus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gnorimus variabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichius fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichius rosaceus (Voët, 1769)

References[]

^ A. G. Duff (2008). "Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles" (PDF). The Coleopterist. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2010.

[1] A. G. Duff (2008). "Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles" (PDF). The Coleopterist. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2010.

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