Mycetophagidae
| Mycetophagidae | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Litargus balteatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Mycetophagidae Leach, 1815 |
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.
References
- ↑
- ↑ http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea
- 1 2 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
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/14/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.