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Mycetophaginae Leach 1815

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SUBFAMILY MYCETOPHAGINAE

Litargus balteatus LeConte 1856: 14; Champion 1898: 410; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 469; Parsons 1975: 105; Ivie et al. 2008b: 252; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 44. Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Grenada, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent. Mexico to Panama, USA (widespread); widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. Occasionally in stored corn and grain.

Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus) 1758: 357 (Dermestes); Ramos 1946: 36; Parsons 1975: 106; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 44. = Typhaea fumata (Linnaeus) 1767: 564 (Dermestes), Champion 1898: 410; Grouvelle 1902: 768; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 469; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 89; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent. USA (widespread); Mexico to Guatemala; widespread New World; cosmopolitan. Notes. The hairy fungus beetle. It feeds on fungi in moldy grains, seeds, and peanuts.

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Published as part of Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, pp. 1-77 in Insecta Mundi 2010 (144) on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5352880

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Biodiversity

Family
Mycetophagidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Leach
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Mycetophaginae Leach, 1815 sec. Peck, 2010

References

  • Champion, G. C. 1898. A list of the clavicorn Coleoptera of St. Vincent, Grenada, and the Grenadines. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1898: 393 - 412.
  • Parsons, C. T. 1975. Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 29: 93 - 108.
  • Ivie, M. A., K. A. Marske, I. A. Foley, and L. L. Ivie. 2008 b. Appendix 2. Species lists of the beetles, non-beetle hexapods and non-hexapod invertebrates of Montserrat. p. 237 - 311. In: R. P. Young (ed.). A biodiversity assessment of the Centre Hills, Montserrat. Durrell Conservation Monograph No. 1. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust; Jersey, Channel Islands. 319 p. Online at http: // www. durrell. org / library / Document / Durrell _ Cons _ Monograph _ 1 _ full-report. pdf.
  • Turnbow, R. H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. 2008. An annotated checklist of the Coleoptera (Insecta) of the Bahamas. Insecta Mundi 0034: 1 - 64.
  • Ramos, J. A. 1946. The insects of Mona Island (West Indies). Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 30: 1 - 74.
  • Miskimen, G. W., and R. M. Bond. 1970. The insect fauna of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands (New York Academy of Sciences) 1 (part 1): 1 - 150.
  • Valentine, B. D., and M. A. Ivie. 2005. Beetles: Coleoptera. p. 274 - 282. In: J. Lazell (ed.). Islands: Fact and theory in nature. University of California Press; Berkeley. 382 p.