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.
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.