Mycetophagidae

The Mycetophagidae or hairy fungus beetles are a family of beetles in the large suborder Polyphaga.[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.

Mycetophagidae
Litargus balteatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Mycetophagidae
Leach, 1815
Mycetophagus serrulatus

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
  2. http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea
  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.
  4. "Mycetophagidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  5. "Browse Mycetophagidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  6. "Mycetophagidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  7. "Mycetophagidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-25.


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