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Cis sordidus Lawrence & Paviour-Smith, 2016 (a species of minute tree-fungus-beetle)

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

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Ciidae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.0
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

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