Mycetophagus


Mycetophagus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Mycetophagus.
ITIS Taxonomic notes:
  • The name Mycetophagus appeared in two or three separate works in 1792, one by Hellwig, and two by Fabricius. Hellwig appears to be the most frequently cited author, so for the moment ITIS will cite Hellwig. Further work would be required to determine earliest available authorship for the genus.
  • There is apparently some confusion about subgenera in Mycetophagus. Parsons notes that "Casey's subgenera are not entirely natural and are used here chiefly for convenience in keying to species." Until further research clarifies this issue, ITIS has opted to omit subgenera in this genus.
As discussed by Löbl and Smetana, Hellwig cited the correct page and number for the genus Lyctus in the second part of Fabricius’ book, demonstrating that he had Fabricius’ book in front of him. As such, Fabricius 1792 clearly has priority over Hellwig 1792 and should be cited as the author of this genus.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Mycetophagus:Mycetophagus akitai M. SAITÔ 2013Mycetophagus alni Champion, 1917Mycetophagus amamianus Nakane, 1989Mycetophagus ancora Mycetophagus antennatus Mycetophagus ater gMycetophagus atomarius gMycetophagus bifasciatus Champion, 1919Mycetophagus californicus Horn, 1878 i c bMycetophagus ciscaucasicus Mycetophagus confusus Horn, 1878 i c g bMycetophagus decempunctatus Fabricius, 1801 gMycetophagus distinctus Hatch, 1962 i c g bMycetophagus elongatus
  • †Mycetophagus exterminatus Wickham, 1913 g Mycetophagus flexuosus Say, 1826 i c bMycetophagus fulvicollis Fabricius, 1792 gMycetophagus grandis Mycetophagus hiranoi M. SAITÔ 2013 Mycetophagus hillerianus Reitter, 1877Mycetophagus hyrcanicus Nikitsky, 1989Mycetophagus incognitus Nikitsky, 1988Mycetophagus infulatus Mycetophagus irroratus Mycetophagus lederi Mycetophagus livshitzi Nikitsky, 1988Mycetophagus melsheimeri LeConte, 1856 i c g bMycetophagus multipunctatus Fabricius, 1792 gMycetophagus obscurus LeConte, 1856 i c gMycetophagus obsoletesignatus Miyatake, 1968Mycetophagus obsoletus i c g bMycetophagus piceus gMycetophagus pini Ziegler, 1845 i c gMycetophagus pluriguttatus LeConte, 1856 i c bMycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856 i c bMycetophagus populi Fabricius, 1798 gMycetophagus praetermissus Parsons, 1975 i c gMycetophagus punctatus Say, 1826 i c b Mycetophagus pustulosus Mycetophagus quadriguttatus Müller in Germar, 1821 i c b Mycetophagus quadriornatus Mycetophagus quadripustulatus Mycetophagus ramosus Reitter, 1904Mycetophagus reitteri Nikitsky, 2008Mycetophagus salicis Brisout de Barneville, 1862 gMycetophagus sauteri Grouvelle, 1913 gMycetophagus serrulatus i c bMycetophagus sulcicollis Champion, 1917Mycetophagus tauricus Pliguinsky, 1923Mycetophagus tenuifasciatus Horn, 1878 i c bMycetophagus tschitscherini Reitter, 1897 gMycetophagus weigeli Háva, 2020
  • †Mycetophagus willistoni Wickham, 1913 gMycetophagus yunnanus Háva, 2019
  • BOLD:ACA9195
  • BOLD:ACQ6809
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net