A fossil Valginae species from the Upper Miocene of France (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

ABSTRACT

Valgus cantalensis sp. nov., second fossil species of the scarabaeid subfamily Valginae, is described from the Upper Miocene Konservat-Laggerstätte of Sainte-Reine (France). The fossil is compared to the extant valgine genera and Valgus spp., showing it is a new species. But its exact affinities in the genus Valgus remain undetermined because of the lacking of a recent morphological phylogenetic analysis of the Valgus spp.

KEYWORDS:

• Insecta
• Scarabaeoidea
• Valgus
• sp. nov.
• fossil record

Acknowledgments

We sincerely thank Dr Frank Krell and an anonymous referee for their very useful remarks on the first version of the paper. We also thank the Society Celite France for their kind authorization of collect in their quarry of Sainte Reine.

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