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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Hairy Fungus Beetles (Mycetophagidae)

Family Mycetophagidae - Hairy Fungus Beetles

Representative Images

Pattern does not look the same as M. confusus - Litargus connexus Fungus Beetle? - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus - Typhaea stercorea Spotted beetle - Litargus tetraspilotus Tenebrionoidea – Hairy Fungus Beetles - Mycetophagidae - Litargus tetraspilotus Very small beetle! - Typhaea stercorea Mycetophagidae - Litargus tetraspilotus? - hairy fungus beetle - Litargus tetraspilotus Pleasing fungus beetle? - Mycetophagus punctatus

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)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

world genera revised in(1), with some changes affecting our fauna

Explanation of Names

Mycetophagidae Leach 1815

Numbers

26 spp. in 5 genera in our area(2)(3), ~200 spp. in 24 genera total(4)

Identification

Keys to all spp. provided in (2); most ne. species keyed/illustrated in (5)

Range

worldwide and throughout NAtotal(4)(3)

Remarks

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

Works Cited

1.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.
2.Revision of nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1975. Col. Bull. 29: 93-108.
3.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.
4.World catalogue of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
Háva J. 2022. Studies & Reports, Taxon. Ser. 18: 287‒331.
5.The Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G. 2010. ZooKeys 64: 9-23.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 November, 2005 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, urtica, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 15 May, 2024 - 8:33pm

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