Mycetophagidae

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.

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

Mycetophagus serrulatus

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]