Mycetophagidae

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

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.

  1. ^ "Family MYCETOPHAGIDAE Leach, 1815". AFD. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ^ "Tenebrionoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  3. ^ 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.