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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Hairy Fungus Beetles (Mycetophagidae) » Mycetophagus » subgenus Mycetophagus (Mycetophagus subgenus Mycetophagus)

subgenus Mycetophagus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Mycetophagus punctatus Mycetophagus punctatus Say - Mycetophagus punctatus Beetle - Mycetophagus serrulatus Mycetophagus serrulatus Casey - Mycetophagus serrulatus beetle0518151 - Mycetophagus punctatus red-brown and black beetle - Mycetophagus punctatus Mycetophagus obsoletus? - Mycetophagus serrulatus Not sure? - Mycetophagus californicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Mycetophagidae (Hairy Fungus Beetles)
Genus Mycetophagus
No Taxon subgenus Mycetophagus
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)
Range
across the continent; 3 spp. widely eastern, M. californicus is western (west coast & the Rockies), all four range into Canada(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)
Parsons C.T. 1975. Col. Bull. 29: 93-108.
Contributed by v belov on 3 December, 2012 - 2:28pm

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