Polypore-beetles

Guides

• Cis miles

  Cis miles is a species of minute tree-fungus beetle in the family Ciidae, described by Thomas Casey in 1898. The species is recorded from North America and belongs to a genus of beetles specialized in colonizing bracket fungi. Members of the genus Cis are typically small, cylindrical beetles adapted to life within the porous structures of polypore fungi.

  Ciidaeminute-tree-fungus-beetlespolypore-beetlesNorth-Americafungus-associated-beetlesmycophagous-beetles

• Synstrophus

  polypore fungus beetles

  Synstrophus is a genus of beetles in the family Tetratomidae, commonly known as polypore fungus beetles. The genus contains at least two described species: Synstrophus repandus and Synstrophus rollei. Members of this genus are associated with polypore fungi, a relationship that defines their ecological niche. The genus was established by Seidlitz in 1898.

  ColeopteraTetratomidaefungus-beetlespolypore-beetlesmycophagous