Mycetophagus Fabricius, 1792
(a genus of hairy fungus beetles)

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Mycetophagus quadripustulatus
a hairy fungus beetle
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 		Species 4 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMycetophagus (a genus of hairy fungus beetles)
FamilyMYCETOPHAGIDAE (hairy fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Mycetophagus (a genus of hairy fungus beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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