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

The following is a list of the dung beetles and chafers recorded in Great Britain.[1] For other beetles, see List of beetle species recorded in Britain.

Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804
Family Trogidae MacLeay, 1819
  • Trox perlatus (Goeze, 1777)
  • Trox sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767)
Family Bolboceratidae Mulsant, 1842
  • Odonteus armiger (Scopoli, 1772)
Family Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802
  • Typhaeus typhoeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Scriba, 1791)
  • Geotrupes mutator (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)
  • Aegialia insularis Pittino, 2006
  • Aegialia rufa (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Aphodius depressus (Kugelann, 1792)
  • Aphodius luridus (Fabricius, 1775) ?
  • Aphodius rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius lapponum Gyllenhal, 1808
  • Aphodius nemoralis Erichson, 1848
  • Aphodius ater (De Geer, 1774)
  • Aphodius constans Duftschmid, 1805
  • Aphodius rufus (Moll, 1782)
  • Aphodius sordidus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aphodius brevis Erichson, 1848
  • Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius foetens (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Aphodius foetidus (Herbst, 1783)
  • Aphodius pedellus (De Geer, 1774)
  • Aphodius ictericus (Laicharting, 1781)
  • Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aphodius conspurcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius distinctus (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Aphodius paykulli Bedel, 1907
  • Aphodius erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Aphodius pusillus (Herbst, 1789)
  • Aphodius coenosus (Panzer, 1798)
  • Aphodius subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius lividus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Aphodius zenkeri Germar, 1813
  • Aphodius niger (Illiger, 1798)
  • Aphodius plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aphodius consputus Creutzer, 1799
  • Aphodius prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
  • Aphodius punctatosulcatus Sturm, 1805
  • Aphodius sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798)
  • Aphodius contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
  • Aphodius obliteratus Sturm, 1823
  • Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Aphodius arenarius (Olivier, 1789)
  • Aphodius borealis Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Aphodius fasciatus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Aphodius porcus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aphodius sticticus (Panzer, 1798)
  • Euheptaulacus sus (Herbst, 1783)
  • Euheptaulacus villosus (Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1806)
  • Heptaulacus testudinarius (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Saprosites mendax (Blackburn, 1892)
  • Saprosites natalensis (Peringuey, 1901)
  • Brindalus porcicollis (Illiger, 1803)
  • Diastictus vulneratus (Sturm, 1805)
  • Psammodius asper (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Tesarius caelatus (LeConte, 1857)
  • Tesarius mcclayi (Cartwright, 1955)
  • Pleurophorus caesus (Creutzer in Panzer, 1796)
  • Rhyssemus germanus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Onthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)
  • Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
  • Onthophagus fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)
  • Onthophagus joannae Goljan, 1953
  • Onthophagus nuchicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Onthophagus similis (Scriba, 1790)
  • Onthophagus vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Onthophagus verticicornis (Laicharting, 1781)
  • Hoplia philanthus (Füessly, 1775)
  • Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
  • Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Polyphylla fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Amphimallon ochraceum (Knoch, 1801)
  • Amphimallon solstitiale (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Omaloplia ruricola (Fabricius, 1775) ?
  • Serica brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Anomala dubia (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758) ?
  • Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Protaetia metallica (Herbst, 1782)
  • Gnorimus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gnorimus variabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Trichius fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Trichius rosaceus (Voët, 1769)

References

  1. ^ A. G. Duff (2008). "Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles" (PDF). The Coleopterist. http://coleopterist.org.uk/checklist2008%20A5.pdf. Retrieved August 13, 2010.