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Shelf Fungus Beetles
Ciidae
The minute tree-fungus beetles, family Ciidae, are a sizeable group of beetles which inhabit Polyporales bracket fungi or coarse woody debris. Most numerous in warmer regions, they are nonetheless widespread and a considerable number of species occur as far polewards as Scandinavia for example.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Ciinae
subfamilyCiinae
Ditrichocis
genusDitrichocis
Tropicis
genusTropicis
Atlantocis
genusAtlantocis
Sphindociinae
subfamilySphindociinae
Syncosmetus
genusSyncosmetus
Diphyllocis
genusDiphyllocis
Wagaicis
genusWagaicis
Cisarthron
genusCisarthron
Apterocis
genusApterocis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82343.