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Mycetophagidae (hairy fungus beetle)
Taxonomy
Mycetophagides was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Mycetophagus.
It was corrected as Mycetophagidae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Lawrence et al. (2014) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Lawrence et al. (2014) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Mycetophagidae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Lawrence et al. (2014) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Lawrence et al. (2014) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Mycetophagidae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1995 | Mycetophagidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 786 |
| 2011 | Mycetophagidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2014 | Mycetophagidae Lawrence et al. |
| 2022 | Mycetophagidae Cai et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Mycetophagidae Leach 1815 [hairy fungus beetle]
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Subfm. Mycetophaginae Leach 1815
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Tr. Mycetophagini Leach 1815
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G. Litargus Erichson 1846
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Subg. Litargus (Litargosomus) Motschulsky 1858
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†Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis Alekseev et al. 2020
Invalid names: Limniattagenus Poinar and Háva 2015 [synonym]
G. Mycetophagus Hellwig 1792
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†Mycetophagus exterminatus Wickham 1913
†Mycetophagus willistoni Wickham 1913
Invalid names: Bergininae Leng 1920 [empty], Esarcinae Reitter 1882 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Crowsonium succinium (124073 139928) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Crowsonium succinium (123215) Litargus dantiscensis (44615) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Crowsonium succinium (123769) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Mycetophagus willistoni, Mycetophagus exterminatus (113749) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Triphyllus heerii (123944) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico | Mycetophagidae indet. (21977) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Limniattagenus electron (122472) |