subgenus Ilendus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Hairy Fungus Beetle - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus

Mycetophagidae? - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus

Mycetophagid - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus

Mycetophagus - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus

Potential Mycetophagidae - Mycetophagus pluripunctatus

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 Ilendus

Explanation of Names

Ilendus Casey

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, 9 total(1)

Range

holarctic(1); in our area, across the US, mostly eastern half; M. distinctus is western (BC-CA to MB-WY), M. pluripunctatus ranges into e.Canada(2)

Works Cited

1.	World catalogue of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) Háva J. 2022. Studies & Reports, Taxon. Ser. 18: 287‒331.

2.	Revision of nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera) Parsons C.T. 1975. Col. Bull. 29: 93-108.

Contributed by v belov on 3 December, 2012 - 2:29pm
Last updated 15 May, 2024 - 9:44pm

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