Valgini

Valgini is a small tribe of scarab beetles, formerly considered a subfamily, Valginae.[1] Most species occur in the Old World. They tend to be compact, and scaly or spiny.

Valgini
male Valgus hemipterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Cetoniinae
Tribe:
Valgini

Mulsant, 1842
genera

over 30 genera; see text

List of Subtribes and Genera

Subtribe Microvalgina

  • Ischnovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Microvalgus Kraatz, 1883
  • Stenovalgus Kolbe, 1892

Subtribe Valgina

  • Acanthovalgus Kraatz, 1895
  • Bivalgus Paulian, 1961
  • Chaetovalgus Moser, 1914
  • Charitovalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Chromovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Comythovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Cosmovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Dasyvalgoides Endrödi, 1952
  • Dasyvalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Euryvalgus Moser, 1908
  • Excisivalgus Endrödi, 1952
  • Heterovalgus Krikken, 1978
  • Homovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Hoplitovalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Hybovalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Idiovalgus Arrow, 1910
  • Lepivalgus Moser, 1914
  • Lobovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Mimovalgus Arrow, 1944
  • Oedipovalgus Kolbe, 1897
  • Oreoderus Burmeister, 1842
  • Oreovalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Podovalgus Arrow, 1910
  • Pygovalgus Kolbe, 1884
  • Sphinctovalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Tibiovalgus Kolbe, 1904
  • Valgoides Fairmaire, 1899
  • Valgus Scriba, 1790
  • Xenoreoderus Arrow, 1910
  • Yanovalgus Nomura, 1952

References
  1. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Ślipiński, A.; Smith, A. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. 88: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.


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