Valgini is a small tribe of scarab beetles, formerly considered a subfamily, Valginae. Most species occur in the

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...

. 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

Cetoniinae {{Cetoniinae-stub