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Hairy fungus beetle

Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The hairy fungus beetle (Typhaea stercorea) is a species in the family Mycetophagidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the hairy fungus beetle

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hairy fungus beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hairy fungus beetle as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Ecuador
  3. Japan
  4. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hairy fungus beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hairy fungus beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyMycetophagidae
  6. genusTyphaea
  7. SpeciesTyphaea stercorea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Atomaria crenata, Dermestes fumata, Dermestes stercorea, Dermestes stercoreus, Dermestes variabilis, Mycetophagus testacea, Mycetophagus testaceus, Typhaea africana, Typhaea crenata, Typhaea curvipes, Typhaea fumata, Typhaea fusca, Typhaea gilvella, Typhaea hirta, Typhaea stercorea var. obscura, Typhaea tomentosa

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • خنفساء الفطر المشعرةArabic
  • Gelbbrauner BaumschwammkäferGerman
  • mycétophage des céréalesFrench
  • egyszínű gombabogárHungarian
  • チャイロコキノコムシJapanese
  • engvedsoppbilleNorwegian Bokmål
  • Geelharige zwamkeverDutch
  • Грибоед погребнойRussian
  • 小蕈甲Chinese
  • Mycétophage des céréales (le)French
  • Behaarde schimmelkeverDutch
  • Harige schimmelkeverDutch
  • 毛疹小蕈甲Chinese
  • 毛蕈甲Chinese
  • 牦蕈甲Chinese

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Relatives of the hairy fungus beetle

Other species in the same genus Typhaea.

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Common questions

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Is the hairy fungus beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hairy fungus beetle as introduced in 4 countries: Austria, Ecuador, Japan and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hairy fungus beetle?

The hairy fungus beetle (Typhaea stercorea) belongs to the family Mycetophagidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hairy fungus beetle (Typhaea stercorea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/typhaea-stercorea

MLA

“Hairy fungus beetle (Typhaea stercorea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/typhaea-stercorea.

BibTeX
@misc{typhaea_stercorea_2026,
  title = {Hairy fungus beetle (Typhaea stercorea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/typhaea-stercorea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}