Cis castaneus

Cis castaneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Ciidae
Genus:	Cis
Species:	C. castaneus
Binomial name
	Cis castaneus; Herbst, 1793

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

^ 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.

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[1] 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.

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