Cis castaneus is a species of tree-fungus beetles in the family Ciidae.

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

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

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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.