Species Ceracis thoracicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited

Minute Tree-fungus Beetle - Ceracis thoracicornis - male

Minute Tree-fungus Beetle - Ceracis thoracicornis - female

the herd from the green (fungus) pastures - Ceracis thoracicornis - male - female

the herd from the green (fungus) pastures - Ceracis thoracicornis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea

Family Ciidae (Minute Tree-fungus Beetles)

Subfamily Ciinae

Tribe Ciini

Genus Ceracis

Species thoracicornis (Ceracis thoracicornis)

Explanation of Names

Ceracis thoracicornis (Ziegler 1845)

Range

e NA (NS-FL to MB-TX)(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Ciidae Lawrence J.F. 1982. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-105. x + 18 pp.

2.	The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada... Majka C.G. 2007. Zootaxa 1654: 1–20.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 21 May, 2007 - 4:34pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 September, 2017 - 4:00pm

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