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.
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,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]
^"Tenebrionoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
^ abMichael 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.