Valgus (beetle)

Valgus
male V. hemipterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Valgus Scriba, 1790
Species
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Valgus is a genus of beetles. Most described species are found in Asia, with some reaching into northern Africa and Europe, and three species native to the New World. One species is found in South Africa.

Species[]

• Kraatz, 1896 — Borneo
• Nonfried, 1895 — Arabia
• Valgus californicus Horn, 1870 — Mexico, California
• Valgus canaliculatus (Olivier, 1789) — United States
• Gestro, 1891 — Borneo
• Nonfried, 1895 — Borneo
• Kraatz, 1896 — Borneo
• Valgus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Europe, Caucasus, Northern Africa, introduced to North America: Ontario, Michigan, Ohio
• Sawada, 1944 — Korea
• Kobayashi, 1994 — Taiwan
• Fairmaire, 1891 — China
• Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 — Thailand
• Kraatz, 1883 — Malaysia
• Pic, 1928 — China
• Valgus seticollis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) — USA
• Macleay, 1838 — South Africa
• Gestro, 1891 — Sumatra
• Nonfried, 1891 — Tibet
• Arrow, 1944 — North Vietnam

References[]

• World Scarabaeidae Database, Oct 2007

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