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Mycetophagini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mycetophagidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophagini was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Mycetophagus.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Mycetophaginae by Lawrence et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Mycetophaginae by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Háva (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Mycetophagini Leach p. 110
2011Mycetophagini Bouchard et al.
2022Mycetophagini Háva p. 295

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMycetophagidae()
subfamilyMycetophaginae
tribeMycetophagini
tribeMycetophagini

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.

Tr. Mycetophagini Leach 1815
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G. †Crowsonium Abdullah 1964
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Crowsonium succinium Abdullah 1964
G. Litargus Erichson 1846
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Subg. Litargus (Litargosomus) Motschulsky 1858
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Litargus (Litargosomus) dantiscensis Alekseev et al. 2020
Subg. Litargus (Litargus) Erichson 1846
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Litargus (Litargus) electron Poinar and Háva 2015
Invalid names: Limniattagenus Poinar and Háva 2015 [synonym]
G. Mycetophagus Hellwig 1792
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Mycetophagus exterminatus Wickham 1913
Mycetophagus willistoni Wickham 1913
G. Triphyllus Dejean 1821
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Triphyllus heeri Oustalet 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Langhian or 37.20000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Crowsonium succinium (124073 139928)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Crowsonium succinium (123215) Litargus dantiscensis (44615)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Crowsonium succinium (123769)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Mycetophagus willistoni, Mycetophagus exterminatus (113749)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Triphyllus heerii (123944)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Limniattagenus electron (122472)