Mycetophagidae
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Mycetophagidae | |
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Litargus balteatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
Family: | Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815 |
Mycetophagidae or The hairy fungus beetles is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] The different species are between 1.0 - 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, there are about 18 genera which 200 species.
References
- ↑
- ↑ http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
External links
- Data related to Mycetophagidae at Wikispecies
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