Microvalgus

Microvalgus vagans, copyright Christian Moeseneder.


Belongs within: Cetoniinae.

Microvalgus is a genus of small cetoniine beetles with a dorsal covering of scales found in warmer regions of the Old World.

<==Microvalgus Kraatz 1883 CW92
    |--*M. lapeyrousei (Gory & Percheron 1833) [=Valgus lapeyrousei] CW92
    |--M. apicalis Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. bursariae Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. castaneipennis (Macleay 1871) [=Valgus castaneipennis] CW92
    |--M. dubius Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. fasciculatus Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. flavipennis Arrow 1944 CW92
    |--M. glaber Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. mucronatus Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. nigriceps Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. nigrinus (Macleay 1871) [=Valgus nigrinus] CW92
    |--M. quinquedentatus Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. rufipennis Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. scutellaris Blackburn 1894 CW92
    |--M. squamiventris Lea 1914 CW92
    |--M. vagans Lea 1914 CW92
    |    |--M. v. vagans CW92
    |    `--M. v. obscuripennis Lea 1914 CW92
    `--M. yilgarnensis Blackburn 1892 CW92

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CW92] Cassis, G., & T. A. Weir. 1992. Cetoniinae. In: Houston, W. W. K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea pp. 426–454. AGPS Press: Canberra.

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