Cis simillimus Lawrence, 2016 (a species of minute tree-fungus-beetle)

Lawrence, J.F. (2016). The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198 (1): 1-208.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 1.9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lawrence, J.F. (2016). The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198 (1): 1-208.

Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — May occupy logs or trunks of Eucalyptus obliqua, at least temporarily, since found having emerged within six years of felling (Grove et al., 2009).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap) — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary from polypore fungus.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Grove, S. et al. (2009). A long-term experimental study of saproxylic beetle … succession in Tasmanian Eucalyptus … logs… In: Fattorini, S. (Ed.), Insect Ecology and Conservation. Research Signpost, pp. 71-114.