Ciidae

Ciidae
Falsocis brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Ciidae
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Cioidae
  • Cisidae
  • Cissidae

The minute tree-fungus beetles, family Ciidae, are a sizeable group of beetles which inhabit Polyporales bracket fungi or coarse woody debris.[1] Most numerous in warmer regions, they are nonetheless widespread and a considerable number of species occur as far polewards as Scandinavia for example.

  1. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1995). For a 4(d) Rule for the Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl on Non-federal Lands, Environmental Alternatives Analysis. Northwestern University. p. 137.

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