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Mycetophagus punctatus
Species
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)
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)
(
1
)
(
2
)
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 15 November, 2019 - 9:16am