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 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)