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

Genus Mycetophagus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited
Mycetophagid? - Mycetophagus didesmus Unknown beetle - Mycetophagus Unknown beetle - Mycetophagus Mycetophagus punctatus Mycetophagidae? - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus beetle - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus Mycetophagus - Mycetophagus flexuosus 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)
Tribe Mycetophagini
Genus Mycetophagus
Explanation of Names
Mycetophagus Hellwig in Schneider 1792
Numbers
15 spp. in 5 subgenera in our area, >50 in 13 subgenera total(1)
Range
worldwide except Australasia, most diverse in temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere(2)
Habitat
wooded areas, on decaying fruiting bodies of mushrooms and fleshy polypores, particularly those that have begun to dehydrate(3)
See Also
Works Cited
1.World catalogue of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
Háva J. 2022. Studies & Reports, Taxon. Ser. 18: 287‒331.
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.
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.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 November, 2005 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 May, 2024 - 9:35pm

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