Mycetophagidae

Mycetophagidae
Mycetophagidae
Litargus connexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Mycetophagidae

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

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  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 9780849309540. 
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