BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

SCARABAEIDAE (dung and carrion beetles)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Scarabaeidae?	Imago	13 July 1971	East Sussex	England	2

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Genus	Aegialia (a genus of scarab beetles)	1
Species	Aegialia arenaria (F., 1787) (a scarab beetle)					1
Species	Amphimallon solstitialis (L., 1758) (Summer Chafer)				1	2
Genus	Aphodius (a genus of dung beetles)	40	10	32	5	169
Genus	Cetonia (a genus of chafers)	2
Species	Cetonia aurata (L., 1758) (Rose Beetle)		3		1
Species	Cetonia cuprea F., 1775 (a chafer)					1
Species	Diastictus vulneratus (Sturm, 1805) (a scarab beetle)					1
Species	Euheptaulacus sus (Herbst, 1783) (a dung beetle)					1
Species	Euheptaulacus villosus Gyllenhal, 1806 (a dung beetle)					3
Species	Gnorimus nobilis (L., 1758) (Noble Chafer)				2	4
Species	Gnorimus variabilis (L., 1758) (a chafer)					1
Species	Heptaulacus testudinarius (F., 1775) (a dung beetle)					2
Genus	Melolontha (cockchafers)	1	32		3	3
Genus	Onthophagus (a genus of dung beetles)	4
Species	Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783) (a dung beetle)					3
Species	Onthophagus joannae Goljan, 1953 (a dung beetle)					2
Species	Onthophagus similis (Scriba, 1790) (a dung beetle)			2		2
Species	Onthophagus vacca (L., 1767) (a dung beetle)					3
Species	Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763) (a scarab beetle)					6
Species	Phyllopertha horticola (L., 1758) (Bracken Chafer, Fernshaw Beetle, Chovey, June Gug, Field Chafer, Garden Chafer)		11	7	1	2
Species	Rhyssemus germanus (L., 1767) (a dung beetle)					1
Species	Saprosites mendax Blackburn, 1892 (a dung beetle)					2
Species	Serica brunnea (L., 1758) (Brown Chafer)		3	1	1	1
Species	Trichius fasciatus (L., 1758) (Bee Beetle)					3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

SCARABAEIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

SCARABAEIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Scarabaeidae listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with SCARABAEIDAE:

		is endoparasitised by larva	Sarcophaga albiceps - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)		van Emden, F.I., 1954
	larva	larva is taken to the nest of	Tiphia femorata - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)		Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
	larva	larva is taken to the nest of	Tiphia minuta - The Small Tiphia (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)		Macdonald, M.A., in prep. [Dung beetles]

Scarabaeidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References