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Species Malacocis brevicollis

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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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 May, 2007 - 5:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 February, 2022 - 10:58pm

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