Cis castaneus
Appearance
Cis castaneus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Ciidae |
Genus: | Cis |
Species: | C. castaneus
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Binomial name | |
Cis castaneus Herbst, 1793
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Cis castaneus is a species of tree-fungus beetles in the family Ciidae.
The nematode species Caenorhabditis monodelphis is a free-living species that can be found in galleries inside of the fungus Ganoderma applanatum (Polyporaceae) which grows on the stump of trees a few centimeters above ground. It is phoretic on C. castaneus. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ Slos, Dieter; Sudhaus, Walter; Stevens, Lewis; Bert, Wim; Blaxter, Mark (December 2017). "Caenorhabditis monodelphis sp. n.: defining the stem morphology and genomics of the genus Caenorhabditis". BMC Zoology. 2 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s40850-017-0013-2. hdl:1854/LU-8515364.