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

Species Mycetophagus punctatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus Mycetophagidae - Mycetophagus punctatus Small Beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus Winged insect to black light - Mycetophagus punctatus Harnessed fungus beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus Mycetophagus - Mycetophagus punctatus Pennsylvania Beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus Mycetophagus punctatus? - 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
No Taxon (subgenus Mycetophagus)
Species punctatus (Mycetophagus punctatus)
Explanation of Names
Mycetophagus punctatus Say 1826
Numbers
4.6-6.3 mm(1)
Range
e NA, CA (NS-SK to GA-TX, CA) - Map (1)(2), uncommon along coastal plains of LA-GA-NC, and in CA
Habitat
Adults common under loose bark and on fungi(3)
Life Cycle
Remarks
adults come to lights
Works Cited
1.Revision of nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1975. Col. Bull. 29: 93-108.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 November, 2005 - 6:36pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 5 May, 2024 - 10:22am

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