Cis fagi Waltl, 1839
(a small fungus beetle)

Interactions where Cis fagi is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within fruitbody UK/IrelandMajor Fomitopsis betulina Birch Polypore, Razorstrop Fungus Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis fagi/Cis fagia small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis betulina/Fomitopsis betulinabirch polypore, razorstrop fungusfruitbodyMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impactBiological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

Cis fagi (a small fungus beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cis fagi (a small fungus beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCis fagi (a small fungus beetle)
GenusCis (a genus of small fungus beetles)
FamilyCIIDAE (small fungus beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cis fagi (a small fungus beetle)

Cis fagi (a small fungus beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cis fagi (a small fungus beetle):

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