Family Mycetophagidae - Hairy Fungus Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

another species of hairy fungus beetle? - Mycetophagus flexuosus

Litargus balteatus, Hairy Fungus Beetle - Litargus balteatus

Hairy fungus beetle (Mycetophagid) ??? - Litargus sexpunctatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Mycetophagidae (Hairy Fungus Beetles)

Numbers

Insects of Cedar Creek lists 26 North American species.

Nearctica.com lists 7 genera, 28 species.

Remarks

An interesting example of a hairy fungus beetle on a fungus infested Armonia axyridis

Print References

American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 96 (1)

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 November, 2005 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 18 September, 2008 - 3:10pm

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