Mycetophagus Hellwig 1792 (hairy fungus beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mycetophagidae

Alternative spelling: Micetophagus

Full reference: J. C. L. Hellwig. 1792. Dritte Nachricht von neuen Gattungen im entomologischen System. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie 1(4):385-408

Parent taxon: Mycetophagini according to J. Háva 2022

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Lawrence et al. 2014 and Wickham 1913

Sister taxa: Aggerbille, Crowsonium, Danophaea, Litargus, Olmia, Triphyllus

Subtaxa: Mycetophagus exterminatus Mycetophagus willistoni

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant (Eocene of Colorado)

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