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Species Ceracis californicus

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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 Ceracis
Species californicus (Ceracis californicus)
Explanation of Names
Ceracis californicus (Casey 1884)
Range
US (WA-CA to NE-NM + CT-DC) & Mexico(1)
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.