Cis australis (lat.) - a species of fungus beetles of the genus Cis . Australia [1] .
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| Cis australis Blackburn, 1888 |
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Description
Beetles are small in size, body length 1.9-2.5 mm, elytra from 1.28 to 1.41 mm. The antennae contain 10 segments (sometimes reduced to 8), including a 3-segmented mace. The body is elongated, convex. The legs are short. The main body color is brown. They feed on fungus fungi ( Polyporaceae ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 John F. Lawrence. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2016 .-- Vol. 4198, no. 1 . - P. 1-208. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
Literature
- Jelínek, J. 2007: Nomenclatural changes in the family Ciidae (Coleoptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 135-141. (Pdf)
- Lawrence, JF 1971: Revision of the North American Ciidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 142: 419-522.