Berginus

Berginus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least three described species in Berginus.[1][2][3][4]

Berginus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Mycetophagidae
Subfamily:	Bergininae
Genus:	Berginus Erichson, 1846

Species

These three species belong to the genus Berginus.[2][3][4]

• Berginus bahamicus Casey, 1900
• Berginus nigricolor Champion, 1913
• Berginus pumilus LeConte, 1863

References

1. "Berginus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
2. "Berginus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
3. "Berginus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
4. "Browse Berginus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Nikitsky, N.B. (2008). Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Mycetophagidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 51–55. ISBN 9788788757699.
• Parsons, Carl T. (1975). "Revision of Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 29 (2): 93–108. ISSN 0010-065X.
• Scott, Hugh (1922). "Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, vol. 7, no. 4. Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae, Scaphidiidae, Phalacridae, Cucujidae (Supplement), Lathridiidae, Mycetophagidae (including Propalticus), Bostrychidae, Lyctidae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, ser. 2, Zoology. 18: 195–260.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
• Young, Daniel K. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 96. Mycetophagidae Leach 1815. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.