241 species of dung beetles are known to occur in Ethiopia none of which are endemic. If you are aware of other species not included here please e-mail c.borrow@nhm.ac.uk or write to Chris Borrow, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, England, SW7 5BD.

• ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
  
  • Allogymnopleurus anthracinus Klug, 1845 (BMNH drawer 34)
  • Allogymnopleurus chloris Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 34)
  • Allogymnopleurus indigaceus Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 34)
  • Allogymnopleurus zavattarii Muller, 1941 (BMNH drawer 34.1)
• ALLOSCELUS
  
  • Alloscelus paradoxus Boucomont, 1923 (BMNH drawer 43)
• ANACHALCOS
  
  • Anachalcos convexus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 63)
  • Anachalcos cupreus Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 63)
  • Anachalcos revoili Fairmaire, 1884
• APTYCHONITIS
  
  • Aptychonitis anomalus Gestro, 1895 (BMNH drawer 172)
• ALLOGYMNOPLEURUS
  
  • Caccocnemus castaneus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 201)
• CACCOPHILUS
  
  • Caccophilus corniceps d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 201)
  • Caccophilus fuliginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 201)
  • Caccophilus humilis d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Caccophilus longipennis d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 202)
  • Caccophilus schaedlei d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 203)
  • Caccophilus viridicollis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 203)
• CATHARSIUS
  
  • Catharsius chinai Ferreira, 1960 (BMNH drawer 115)
  • Catharsius furcillatus Guerin, 1847 (BMNH drawer 117)
  • Catharsius moerens Gillet, MS. (BMNH drawer 118)
  • Catharsius platycerus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 115)
  • Catharsius pseudovitulus Muller, 1941
  • Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (BMNH drawer 118)
• CHIRONITIS
  
  • Chironitis imitator Balthasar, 1963 (BMNH drawer 172)
  • Chironitis lohsei Balthasar, 1968
  • Chironitis muelleri Janssens, 1943
• CLEPTOCACCOBIUS
  
  • Cleptocaccobius signaticollis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 203)
• COPRIS
  
  • Copris corniger Sahlberg, 1823 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 131)
  • Copris evanidus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 136)
  • Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris harrisi Waterhouse, 1891 (BMNH drawer 134)
  • Copris integer Reische, 1847 (BMNH drawer 132)
  • Copris orphanus Guerin, 1847 (BMNH drawer 137)
• COPTORHINA
  
  • Coptorhina nitidipennis Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 71)
• DIGITONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Digitonthophagus gazella Fabricius, 1787 (BMNH drawer 221)
• DREPANOCERUS
  
  • Drepanocerus abyssinicus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus bechynei Janssens, 1953
  • Drepanocerus caelatus Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus kirbyi Kirby, 1828 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus parallelus Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus schimperi Janssens, 1953
  • Drepanocerus sulcicollis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 186)
  • Drepanocerus trogiformis Roth, 1851
• EUONITICELLUS
  
  • Euoniticellus inaequalis Reiche, 1850 (BMNH drawer 190)
  • Euoniticellus intermedius Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 188)
  • Euoniticellus nasicornis Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 190)
  • Euoniticellus tibatensis Kolbe, 1904 (BMNH drawer 188)
• EUONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Euonthophagus carbonarius Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 220)
  • Euonthophagus consanguineus Muller, 1944
• FURCONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Furconthophagus variegatus Fabricius, 1798 (BMNH drawer 231)
• GARRETA
  
  • Garreta nitens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 33.1)
• GYMNOPLEURUS
  
  • Gymnopleurus bicolor Latreille, 1827 (BMNH drawer 36)
  • Gymnopleurus foricarius Garreta, 1914 (BMNH drawer 36)
  • Gymnopleurus fulgidus Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 36)
  • Gymnopleurus laevicollis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 36)
  • Gymnopleurus moerens Kolbe, 1895 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
  • Gymnopleurus purpureus Garreta, 1914
  • Gymnopleurus reichei Waterhouse, 1890 (BMNH drawer 38.1)
  • Gymnopleurus thoracicus Harold, 1868 (BMNH drawer 36)
• HELIOCOPRIS
  
  • Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
  • Heliocopris antenor Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 86)
  • Heliocopris beccarii Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 86)
  • Heliocopris cuneifer Lesne, 1906
  • Heliocopris densissa Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 86)
  • Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1940
  • Heliocopris gigas Linneaus, 1758 (BMNH drawer 76)
  • Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 87)
  • Heliocopris hermes Gillet, 1911 (BMNH drawer 87)
  • Heliocopris neptunoides Janssens, 1940
  • Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 87)
• HETEROCLITOPUS
  
  • Heteroclitopus zavattarii Muller, 1942
• HETERONITIS
  
  • Heteronitis ragazzii Fairmaire, 1893
• KHEPER
  
  • Kheper aegyptiorum Latreille, 1827 (BMNH drawer 16)
  • Kheper venerabilis Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 17)
• LIATONGUS
  
  • Liatongus militaris Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus raffrayi Lansberge, 1886 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus spathulatus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 194)
  • Liatongus tuberculicollis Felsche, 1909 (BMNH drawer 193)
• METACATHARSIUS
  
  • Metacatharsius abortivus Fairmaire, 1891 (BMNH drawer 121)
  • Metacatharsius brevicosta Muller, 1947
  • Metacatharsius inermis Castelnau, 1840 (BMNH drawer 120)
  • Metacatharsius minutus Lansberge, 1882 (BMNH drawer 120)
  • Metacatharsius nubiensis Harold, 1878 (BMNH drawer 121)
  • Metacatharsius omoensis Muller, 1941
• MILICHUS
  
  • Milichus apicalis Fahraeus, 1857 (BMNH drawer 204)
  • Milichus jugatus d'Orbigny, 1907
  • Milichus picticollis Gerstaecker, 1871 (BMNH drawer 204)
• NEOSISYPHUS
  
  • Neosisyphus armatus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3 & 42.4)
  • Neosisyphus rugosus Gory, 1833 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
  • Neosisyphus spinipes Thunberg, 1818 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
  • Neosisyphus tibialis Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 42.3)
• ODONTOLOMA
  
  • Odontoloma metasternale d'Orbigny, 1902
• ONITIS
  
  • Onitis abyssinicus Reiche, 1847
  • Onitis aeruginosus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 184)
  • Onitis aethiops Lesne, 1906
  • Onitis alexis Klug, 1835 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis archettii Janssens, 1943
  • Onitis chalceus Lansberge, 1875
  • Onitis consaguineus Felsche, 1911
  • Onitis fabricii Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 179)
  • Onitis fulmineus Janssens, 1943
  • Onitis granicollis Felsche, 1907
  • Onitis lycophron Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis politus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 180)
  • Onitis reichei Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis rothi Lansberge, 1875
  • Onitis shoensis Reiche, 1847
  • Onitis sphinx Fabricius, 1775 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis spinicrus Fairmaire, 1893
  • Onitis subcrenatus Kolbe, 1897 (BMNH drawer 183)
  • Onitis thalassinus Lansberge, 1875
  • Onitis tumidus Gillet, 1918
  • Onitis uncinatus Klug, 1855 (BMNH drawer 179)
  • Onitis vicinus Lansberge, 1875 (BMNH drawer 181)
  • Onitis viridulus Boheman, 1857 (BMNH drawer 183)
• ONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Onthophagus abeillei d'Orbigny, 1897 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus abyssinicus Peringuey, 1901
  • Onthophagus aeneopiceus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
  • Onthophagus aeruginosus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus aethiopicus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 272)
  • Onthophagus alternans Raffray, 1877
  • Onthophagus arcifer d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus bellus d'Orbigny, 1905
  • Onthophagus bicolor Raffray, 1877 (BMNH drawer 226)
  • Onthophagus bicallifrons d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus bidens Olivier, 1789 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus bifidus Reiche, 1849 (BMNH drawer 273)
  • Onthophagus bituberans d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus blanchardi Harold, 1869 (BMNH drawer 257)
  • Onthophagus boops d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Onthophagus breviceps d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus calvus d'Orbigny, 1904
  • Onthophagus carcharias Harold, 1875 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus choanicus d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus cicer Balthasar, 1964
  • Onthophagus cincticollis d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus concavifrons d'Orbigny, 1904
  • Onthophagus cribellum d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus curvilamina Muller, 1942
  • Onthophagus cyaneiceps d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus densepunctatus Frey, 1963 (BMNH drawer 274)
  • Onthophagus dinoderus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 273)
  • Onthophagus discovirens d'Orbigny, 1902
  • Onthophagus distichus Roth, 1851
  • Onthophagus diversus Reiche, 1847 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus excisiceps d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 270)
  • Onthophagus extensicollis d'Orbigny, 1907 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Onthophagus fallaciosus Raffray, 1877
  • Onthophagus filicornis Harold, 1873 (BMNH drawer 275)
  • Onthophagus fimetarius Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 268)
  • Onthophagus flavibasis d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus foraminosus d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus furcimargo d'Orbigny, 1908
  • Onthophagus ganalensis Gestro, 1895
  • Onthophagus gibbus d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 265)
  • Onthophagus helciatus Harold, 1871 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus hirtipodex d'Orbigny, 1904
  • Onthophagus imbellis d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 264)
  • Onthophagus impunctatus d'Orbigny, 1904 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus interruptus Raffray, 1877
  • Onthophagus intonsus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Onthophagus laevissimus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Onthophagus lituratus Roth, 1851 (BMNH drawer 265)
  • Onthophagus lusinganus d'Orbigny, 1905
  • Onthophagus lutaticollis d'Orbigny, 1907 (BMNH drawer 268)
  • Onthophagus masaicus d'Orbigny, 1905 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus mocquerysi d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 267)
  • Onthophagus niloticus Harold, 1879 (BMNH drawer 267)
  • Onthophagus ocellifer d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 273)
  • Onthophagus parcenotatus d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Onthophagus pilicollis d'Orbigny, 1902 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus polyodon d'Orbigny, 1913 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus posticicornis d'Orbigny, 1913
  • Onthophagus pugionatus Fahraeus, 1857
  • Onthophagus pullus Roth (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus quadrinodosus Fahraeus 1857 (BMNH drawer 264)
  • Onthophagus ragazzii d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 256)
  • Onthophagus rectilamina d'Orbigny 1902
  • Onthophagus rubricatus d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 266)
  • Onthophagus rufonotatus d'Orbigny 1902
  • Onthophagus sansibaricus Harold 1878 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus scaber Roth 1851 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus scaberrimus d'Orbigny 1904
  • Onthophagus schaufussi Harold 1867 (BMNH drawer 269)
  • Onthophagus secundarius Roth 1851 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus semilaevis d'Orbigny 1913
  • Onthophagus senegalensis d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Onthophagus sidama Gestro 1895 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus stillatus d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus sulcipennis d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 261)
  • Onthophagus teitanicus d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 263)
  • Onthophagus tessulatus Harold 1871 (BMNH drawer 262)
  • Onthophagus trapezicornis d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 268)
  • Onthophagus traversii d'Orbigny 1904
  • Onthophagus vinctus Erichson 1843 (BMNH drawer 258)
  • Onthophagus zavattarii Muller 1947
• PEDARIA
  
  • Pedaria alternans Waterhouse 1890 (BMNH drawer 72)
• PHALOPS
  
  • Phalops aurifrons Fairmaire 1884 (BMNH drawer 207)
  • Phalops barbicornis Lansberge 1883 (BMNH drawer 207)
  • Phalops beccarii Harold 1875 (BMNH drawer 207)
  • Phalops gallanus d'Orbigny 1904
  • Phalops inermis Lansberge 1883 (BMNH drawer 207)
  • Phalops princeps d'Orbigny 1908 (BMNH drawer 207)
  • Phalops sinuaticeps d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 206)
  • Phalops smaragdinus Harold 1875 (BMNH drawer 206)
  • Phalops tuberosus d'Orbigny 1905
• PROAGODERUS
  
  • Proagoderus albicapillus d'Orbigny 1902
  • Proagoderus armicollis d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 216)
  • Proagoderus atrosetosus d'Orbigny 1902 (BMNH drawer 216)
  • Proagoderus auratus Fabricius 1801 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus boranus Gestro 1895
  • Proagoderus bottegi Gestro 1895
  • Proagoderus brucei Reiche 1849 (BMNH drawer 218)
  • Proagoderus gerstaeckeri Harold 1867 (BMNH drawer 212)
  • Proagoderus kachowskii Olsoufief 1900 (BMNH drawer 212)
  • Proagoderus longefossus d'Orbigny 1905
  • Proagoderus loricatus Klug 1855 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus mixtrifrons d'Orbigny 1911 (BMNH drawer 217)
  • Proagoderus negus Raffray 1882
  • Proagoderus nigricornis Fairmaire 1887
  • Proagoderus nuba d'Orbigny 1902
  • Proagoderus porrectus Reiche 1847 (BMNH drawer 215)
  • Proagoderus prostans Reiche 1847 (BMNH drawer 215)
  • Proagoderus quadriarmatus Fairmaire 1892 (BMNH drawer 215)
  • Proagoderus triarmatus d'Orbigny 1904 (BMNH drawer 216)
  • Proagoderus versus d'Orbigny 1913
• SCARABAEOLUS
  
  • Scarabaeolus ebenus Klug 1855 (BMNH drawer 3)
• SCARABAEUS
  
  • Scarabaeus catenatus Gerstaecker 1871 (BMNH drawer 8)
  • Scarabaeus fraterculus Kolbe 1895 (BMNH drawer 10)
  • Scarabaeus isidis Castelnau 1840 (BMNH drawer 13)
  • Scarabaeus planifrons Fairmaire 1884 (BMNH drawer 3)
  • Scarabaeus satyrus Boheman 1860 (BMNH drawer 10 & 5)
  • Scarabaeus sennaariensis Castelnau 1840 (BMNH drawer 10)
  • Scarabaeus tonckeri Boucomont 1923 (BMNH drawer 9)
• SISYPHUS
  
  • Sisyphus costatus Thunberg 1818 (BMNH drawer 40)
  • Sisyphus crispatus Gory 1833 (BMNH drawer 40)
  • Sisyphus ocellatus Reiche 1847 (BMNH drawer 40)
• STIPTOPODIUS
  
  • Stiptopodius doriae Harold 1871 (BMNH drawer 70)
• TINIOCELLUS
  
  • Tiniocellus spinipes Roth 1851 (BMNH drawer 190)
• TRICHONTHOPHAGUS
  
  • Trichonthophagus corniculatus Reiche 1849 (BMNH drawer 259)
  • Trichonthophagus juvencus Klug 1835 (BMNH drawer 259)