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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Valgini » Valgus » Valgus hemipterus

Species Valgus hemipterus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)
Tribe Valgini
Genus Valgus
Species hemipterus (Valgus hemipterus)
Explanation of Names
Valgus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size
8-9 mm(1)
Identification
Integument black, scales black and white, never brownish; the midline of propygidium bears white scales to variable extent.
(more black scales in females generally)
Female with long spine on pygidium, this finely serrate.
(no spine in V. seticollis, smooth one in V. canaliculatus)
Range
adventive to s. Great Lakes region (OH-MI-so.ON; possibly expanding) - Map (1)(2), native to the Palaearctic
Habitat
Larval development in damp rotting wood near, or buried in ground.
Remarks
first collected in MI 1980
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of scarab beetle tribe Valgini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the New World
Jameson M.L., Swoboda K.A. 2005. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 98: 658‒672.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 February, 2007 - 5:44am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 24 April, 2024 - 2:52pm

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