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Valgus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Valgus was named by Scriba (1790). It is extant.

It was assigned to Coleoptera by Scriba (1790); to Valginae by Krell (2000); and to Valgina by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Valgus Scriba p. 66
2000Valgus Krell p. 887
2011Valgus Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyCetoniinae()
tribeValgini(Mulsant 1842)
subtribeValginaMulsant 1842
genusValgus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Valgus Scriba 1790
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Valgus cantalensis Nel 2023
Valgus hemipterus Linnaeus 1758
Valgus oeningensis Heer 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 12.70000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) V. oeningensis (117252)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) V. cantalensis (122195)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom V. hemipterus (168264 168265 168266 168268 168269 168271 168272)