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 (in Schneider Neuest Mag. Ent., 1:394), and two by Fabricius (Entomologiae Systematicae, Emendatae et Auctae, Tom. I, Pars II:497; and Determinatio generis Ips affiniumque, Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1:30). 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 (1975:94) 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 (2011 p21),Löbl I, Smetana A (2011) Comments of the editors [pp. 21–22]. In: Löbl I, Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 7. Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books, Strenstrup, 373 pp. Hellwig (1792 p408) 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 1792Fabricius JC (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniaeionibvs, descriptionibvs. Carol. Tome I Pars II. clearly has priority over Hellwig 1792Hellwig JCL (1792) Dritte Nachricht von neuen Gattungen im entomologischen System. Neuester Magazin für Liebhaber der Entomologie 1(3): 385–408. and should be cited as the author of this genus.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Mycetophagus:
Mycetophagus akitai M. SAITÔ 2013 Mycetophagus alni Champion, 1917 Mycetophagus amamianus Nakane, 1989 Mycetophagus ancora (Reitter, 1884) Mycetophagus antennatus (Reitter, 1879) Mycetophagus ater (Reitter, 1879) g Mycetophagus atomarius (Fabricius, 1787) g Mycetophagus bifasciatus Champion, 1919 Mycetophagus californicus Horn, 1878 i c b Mycetophagus ciscaucasicus (Semenov, 1899) Mycetophagus confusus Horn, 1878 i c g b Mycetophagus decempunctatus Fabricius, 1801 g Mycetophagus distinctus Hatch, 1962 i c g b Mycetophagus elongatus (Reitter, 1889) †Mycetophagus exterminatus Wickham, 1913 g Mycetophagus flexuosus Say, 1826 i c b Mycetophagus fulvicollis Fabricius, 1792 g Mycetophagus grandis (Reitter, 1889) Mycetophagus hiranoi M. SAITÔ 2013 Mycetophagus hillerianus Reitter, 1877 Mycetophagus hyrcanicus Nikitsky, 1989 Mycetophagus incognitus Nikitsky, 1988 Mycetophagus infulatus (Reitter, 1884) Mycetophagus irroratus (Reitter, 1879) Mycetophagus lederi (Reitter, 1897) Mycetophagus livshitzi Nikitsky, 1988 Mycetophagus melsheimeri LeConte, 1856 i c g b Mycetophagus multipunctatus Fabricius, 1792 g Mycetophagus obscurus LeConte, 1856 i c g Mycetophagus obsoletesignatus Miyatake, 1968 Mycetophagus obsoletus (Melsheimer, 1844) i c g b Mycetophagus piceus (Fabricius, 1777) g Mycetophagus pini Ziegler, 1845 i c g Mycetophagus pluriguttatus LeConte, 1856 i c b Mycetophagus pluripunctatus LeConte, 1856 i c b Mycetophagus populi Fabricius, 1798 g Mycetophagus praetermissus Parsons, 1975 i c g Mycetophagus punctatus Say, 1826 i c b (hairy fungus beetle) Mycetophagus pustulosus (Reitter, 1889) Mycetophagus quadriguttatus Müller in Germar, 1821 i c b (spotted hairy fungus beetle) Mycetophagus quadriornatus (Reitter, 1901) Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761) Mycetophagus ramosus Reitter, 1904 Mycetophagus reitteri Nikitsky, 2008 Mycetophagus salicis Brisout de Barneville, 1862 g Mycetophagus sauteri Grouvelle, 1913 g Mycetophagus serrulatus (Casey, 1900) i c b Mycetophagus sulcicollis Champion, 1917 Mycetophagus tauricus Pliguinsky, 1923 Mycetophagus tenuifasciatus Horn, 1878 i c b Mycetophagus tschitscherini Reitter, 1897 g Mycetophagus weigeli Háva, 2020 †Mycetophagus willistoni Wickham, 1913 g Mycetophagus yunnanus Háva, 2019 BOLD:ACA9195 (Mycetophagus sp.) BOLD:ACQ6809 (Mycetophagus sp.)
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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