Valgini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Cetoniinae
Tribus: Valgini
Subtribus: Microvalgina – Valgina
Name

Valgini Mulsant, 1842: 519

Type genus: Valgus Scriba, 1790

References
Primary references

Mulsant, E. 1842. Histoire naturelle des coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris: Maison Libraire, Lyon: Imprimerie de Dumoulin, Ronet et Sibuet, viii + 626 pp., 3 pls. Reference page. [see p. 519]

Additional references

Jameson, M.L.; Swoboda, K.A. 2005: Synopsis of scarab beetle tribe Valgini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the New World. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 98: 658–672. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0658:SOSBTV]2.0.CO;2
Krikken, J. 1978: Valgine beetles: a preliminary review of the genera, with descriptions of two novelties. Zoologische mededelingen, 53: 153–164.
Krikken, J. 1986: Provisional checklist of the Valginae (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae). Haroldius, (1): 1–17.
Ricchiardi, E. 1995: Notes on the genus Oreovalgus Kolbe (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae: Valgini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 41(1): 11–14.

Links

Subfamily Valginae (Scarabaeidae) - atlas of scarab beetles of Russia

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.
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

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.