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Mycetophagidae
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

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea
  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.

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