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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Mycetophagidae (Leach, 1815) |
Genera
editThese 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
edit- ^ "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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Media related to Mycetophagidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Mycetophagidae at Wikispecies
