Mycetophagidae

Mycetophagidae
	Litargus balteatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Mycetophagidae; (Leach, 1815)

The Mycetophagidae or hairy fungus beetles are a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.^[1]^[2] The different species are between 1.0 and 6.5 mm in length.^[3] The larvae and adults live in decaying leaf litter, fungi, and under bark. Most species feed on fungi (hence the name).^[3] Worldwide, the 18 genera contain around 200 species.

Genera

These 15 genera belong to the family Mycetophagidae:

Afrotyphaeola Lawrence, Escalona, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2014^g
Berginus Erichson, 1846^{i c g b}
Crowsonium Abdullah, 1964^g
Esarcus Reiche, 1864^{i c g}
Eulagius Motschulsky, 1845^g
Litargops Reitter, 1880^g
Litargus Erichson, 1846^{i c g b}
Mycetophagus Hellwig in Schneider, 1792^{i c g b}
Nototriphyllus Lawrence, Escalona, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2014^g
Pseudotriphyllus Reitter, 1880^{i c g}
Thrimolus Casey, 1900^{i c g b}
Triphyllus Dejean, 1821^g
Typhaea Curtis, 1830^{i c g b}
Typhaeola Ganglbauer, 1899^g
Zeclaviger Lawrence, Escalona, Leschen & Ślipiński, 2014^g

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[4] c = Catalogue of Life,^[5] g = GBIF,^[6] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

References

^ "Family MYCETOPHAGIDAE Leach, 1815". AFD. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
^ "Tenebrionoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
^ ^a ^b Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
^ "Mycetophagidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^ "Browse Mycetophagidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^ "Mycetophagidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^ "Mycetophagidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

External links

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Data related to Mycetophagidae at Wikispecies

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[1] "Family MYCETOPHAGIDAE Leach, 1815". AFD. Retrieved 2023-01-14.

[2] "Tenebrionoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".

[american-3] Michael A. Ivie (2002). Ross H. Arnett & Michael Charles Thomas (ed.). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2 of American Beetles. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.

[itis-4] "Mycetophagidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[catlife-5] "Browse Mycetophagidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[gbif-6] "Mycetophagidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

[bugref-7] "Mycetophagidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

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