Mycetaeidae

Mycetaeidae
Mycetaea subterranea
Agaricophilus reflexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Coccinelloidea
Family:	Mycetaeidae Jacquelin du Val, 1857
Genera
Mycetaea Agaricophilus

Mycetaeidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Coccinelloidea, formerly included within the family Endomychidae. ^[1] There are two genera currently included in the family, Agaricophilus and Mycetaea, which are morphologically divergent from each other, and it is unclear whether they are closely related. Mycetaea is found in North America, Europe and South Africa, while Agaricophilus is restricted to Europe. ^[2] While the life history of Agaricophilus is obscure, ^[2] Mycetaea is known to be mycophagous, feeding on molds. ^[3]

References

1. "Mycetaeidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
2. Jałoszyński, Paweł; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (June 2017). "Redescription of Mature Larva of Mycetaea subterranea (Fabricius) with Notes on the Phylogenetic Placement of the Family Mycetaeidae (Coleoptera)" . Annales Zoologici. 67 (2): 333–344. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.2.010. ISSN   0003-4541. S2CID   89771995.
3. Shockley, F. W.; Tomaszewska, K. W.; McHugh, J. V. (2009). "Review of the natural history of the Handsome Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)". Insecta Mundi (72): 1–24. OCLC   1185684051.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
• Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.
• Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology . Plenum Press. ISBN   0-306-40366-8.
• Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.