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Mycetophaginae
Taxonomy
Mycetophaginae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Mycetophagus.
It was assigned to Mycetophagidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Lawrence et al. (2014), Alekseev et al. (2020), Háva (2022), Cai et al. (2022), Legalov and Perkovsky (2024), Legalov and Perkovsky (2025).
It was assigned to Mycetophagidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Lawrence et al. (2014), Alekseev et al. (2020), Háva (2022), Cai et al. (2022), Legalov and Perkovsky (2024), Legalov and Perkovsky (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Mycetophaginae Leach p. 110 |
| 1995 | Mycetophaginae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 786 |
| 2011 | Mycetophaginae Bouchard et al. |
| 2014 | Mycetophaginae Lawrence et al. |
| 2020 | Mycetophaginae Alekseev et al. p. 406 |
| 2022 | Mycetophaginae Cai et al. |
| 2022 | Mycetophaginae Háva p. 295 |
| 2024 | Mycetophaginae Legalov and Perkovsky p. 87 |
| 2025 | Mycetophaginae Legalov and Perkovsky p. 76 |
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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.
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
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 Langhian or 37.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Poland | Crowsonium succinium (123215) Litargus dantiscensis (44615) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Crowsonium succinium (124073 139928) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Crowsonium succinium (123769) | |
| Priabonian | Denmark | Aggerbille havai (237372) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Olmia drevlyanica (113621) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Mycetophagus willistoni, Mycetophagus exterminatus (113749) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Triphyllus heerii (123944) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Limniattagenus electron (122472) |