The Mycetophagidae or hairy fungus beetles are a family of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the superfamily

Tenebrionoidea The Tenebrionoidea are a very large and diverse superfamily of beetles. It generally corresponds to the Heteromera of earlier authors. Taxonomy Tenebrionoidea contains the following families: * Aderidae Winkler 1927 (ant-like leaf beetles) ...

. The different species are between 1.0 and 6.5 mm in length. The

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and adults live in decaying leaf litter, fungi, and under

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. Most species feed on fungi (hence the name). 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

External links

* * Tenebrionoidea Beetle families {{Mycetophagidae-stub