Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a hairy fungus beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycetophagus quadripustulatus (a hairy fungus beetle)
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)
Records of Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (a hairy fungus beetle) :
1: Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (a hairy fungus beetle)
8 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
shaken from withered Oyster Fungi on fallen Beech trunk
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - head, antennae & thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (a hairy fungus beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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