Mycetophagus fulvicollis

Mycetophagus fulvicollis

Mycetophagus (Mycetoxides) fulvicollis Fabricius, 1792 is a 4-4.5mm long Hairy fungus beetle (family Mycetophagidae) known from large parts of the Palaearctic region, but rarely recorded over most of its range. In most parts of north-western Europe it is featured on "red lists" with few recent records, some being the first records since 50 or 100 years.
Mycetophagus (Mycetoxides) fulvicollis Fabricius, 1792 3.5 mm long Mycetophagidae France,Geotagged,Mycetophagus fulvicollis,Spring

Appearance

This Mycetophagus is quite readily recognizable viz its congeners thanks to the distinctive colour patterns with a black head, orangy-red pronotum and black elytra with two large orange spots.

Habitat

Like most Mycetophagidae this species feeds on fungi, but while many species feed on the fruit bodies of fungi this species is mostly associated with fungi-infected wood of both deciduous trees and conifers.

References:

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http://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/mycetophagus.htm#fulvicollis

Heijerman & Aukema (2014) Mycetophagus fulvicollis, een nieuwe boomzwamkever voor Nederland (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae) - Entomologische Berichten, vol.74(4), pp.152-154.
https://secties.nev.nl/pages/publicaties/eb/nummers/2014/74-4/152-154.pdf
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyMycetophagidae
GenusMycetophagus
SpeciesMycetophagus fulvicollis
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