# 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. 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

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

## 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)