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

Species Typhaea stercorea - Hairy Fungus Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Typhaea

Species stercorea (Hairy Fungus Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus 1758)

stercorea = 'related to dung, manure'

Size

2.2–3.0 mm(1)

Identification

Det. E.G. Riley, 2010

Range

Cosmopolitan (of Palaearctic origin), adventive in NA, widespread - Map (2)(3)

Habitat

occurs both outdoors and in association with various stored products: corn fields (on decaying kernels), warehouses, stores, flour mills, mangers, dairy barns, dwellings, and granaries in stored grain and seeds, tobacco, peanuts, cacao, corn, millet, wheat, apricots, and moldy grape skins; also in nests of swans and moorhens(2)

Season

Apr-Nov (BG data)

Food

mold feeder (associated with poor storage conditions)

Remarks

Secondary pest of stored grain/seeds, tobacco, peanuts, and cacao(1)

Internet References

Fact sheet (anon. 2013)(4)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	The Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada Majka C.G. 2010. ZooKeys 64: 9-23.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Canadian Grain Commission: insect pests of stored grain

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 30 April, 2006 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 16 February, 2022 - 11:42pm

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