MYCETOPHAGIDAE Leach, 1815
(hairy fungus beetles)

MYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
Mycetophagus
a genus of hairy fungus beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

MYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of MYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles)
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