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Mycetophagus
Genus
Mycetophagus
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Mycetophagidae (Hairy Fungus Beetles)
Genus
Mycetophagus
Explanation of Names
Mycetophagus
Hellwig in Schneider 1792
Numbers
15 spp. in 5 subgenera in our area, >50 total
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1
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2
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Range
worldwide except Australasia, most diverse in temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere
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2
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Habitat
wooded areas, on decaying fruiting bodies of mushrooms and fleshy polypores, particularly those that have begun to dehydrate
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1
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See Also
Works Cited
1.
American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.
Review of the genera of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with descriptions of new genera and a world generic key
Lawrence J.F., Escalona H.E., Leschen R.A.B., Ślipiński A. 2014. Zootaxa 3826: 195–229.
Contributed by
Eric R. Eaton
on 28 November, 2005 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 27 April, 2019 - 7:14pm