Valgus cantalensis Nel 2023 (flower chafer)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 2023. A fossil Valginae species from the Upper Miocene of France (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Historical Biology 36:1681-1684

Belongs to Valgus according to A. Nel 2023

Sister taxa: Valgus hemipterus, Valgus oeningensis

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-F.A71367, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Sainte-Reine, Foufouilloux outcrop (MNHN collection), which is in a Messinian crater lake marl in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sainte-Reine, Foufouilloux outcrop (MNHN collection)

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