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Cis castaneus

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Species of beetle

Cis castaneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Ciidae
Genus: Cis
Species: C. castaneus
Binomial name
Cis castaneus
Herbst, 1793

Cis castaneus is a species of tree-fungus beetles in the family Ciidae.

The nematode species Caenorhabditis monodelphis is a free-living species that can be found in galleries inside of the fungus Ganoderma applanatum (Polyporaceae) which grows on the stump of trees a few centimeters above ground. It is phoretic on C. castaneus.

References

  1. Slos, Dieter; Sudhaus, Walter; Stevens, Lewis; Bert, Wim; Blaxter, Mark (December 2017). "Caenorhabditis monodelphis sp. n.: defining the stem morphology and genomics of the genus Caenorhabditis". BMC Zoology. 2 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s40850-017-0013-2. hdl:1854/LU-8515364.
Taxon identifiers
Cis castaneus


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