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Species Malacocis brevicollis

Tiny Tiny Fungus Beetle II - Malacocis brevicollis Tiny Tiny Fungus Beetle III - Malacocis brevicollis Ciid - Malacocis brevicollis Ciid - Malacocis brevicollis Minute Tree-fungus Beetle, bejeweled antennae - Malacocis brevicollis Minute Tree-fungus Beetle, lateral - Malacocis brevicollis Minute Tree-fungus Beetle, dorsal - Malacocis brevicollis Malacocis brevicollis
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 Malacocis
Species brevicollis (Malacocis brevicollis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Malacocis brevicollis (Casey)
Orig. Comb: Brachycis brevicollis Casey, 1898
Range
e. NA (NF-FL to MB-KS-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3)
Habitat
various polypores; probably the most common and characteristic North American inhabitant of the orange-brown conks of Fomes robinae, F. igniarius, Polyporus gilvus and other fungi usually included in Phellinus and Inonotus(4)
Remarks
Type Locality: Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada...
Majka C.G. 2007. Zootaxa 1654: 1–20.
2.A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Ciidae
Lawrence J.F. 1982. USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-105. x + 18 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Revision of the North American Ciidae (Coleoptera)
Lawrence J.F. 1971. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 142: 419‒522.