• Cis Latreille, P.A. 1796. Précis des Caractères génériques des Insectes, disposés dans un order naturel par citoyen Latreille. Brive : F. Bourdeaux xiv 201 pp. 5 pls. [50].

  Type species:

   Dermestes boleti Scopoli, 1763 by subsequent monotypy, see Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. Paris : F. Dufart xii + 13–467 + [1] pp. [An "X" (title page = 1802)] [205].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Diagnosis References

Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [453-460] (Revised Key to the Australian Species of Cis)

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [24]

History of changes

• Cis apodemus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [460].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014987 ♂, Cape Tribulation area, QLD [16.03S to 16.05 S, 145.28E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Found in basidiomes of Nigroporus sp. and an unidentified fungus.

History of changes

• Cis australis Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [267].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Lincoln, SA.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [32, figs 3C–F, 19M, 24E, 28A]

History of changes

• Cis bicolorellus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [461].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014988 ♂, 15km WNW of Bald Hill McIlwraith Range, QLD [13.43S 143.19E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Collected in flight intercept traps, unbaited and fungi baited pitfall traps, leaf litter berlesates and in the basidiomes of Coriolopsis strigata (= Osmoporus strigatus).

History of changes

• Cis biconcavus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [33, figs 3G–J, 19N, 24F].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234129 ♂, Paluma Dam, QLD [18º15S 146º09’E].
  Paratype(s) 650 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Cyclomyces tabacinus (and several other fungus species)).

History of changes

• Cis bilamellatus Wood, T. 1884. A new species of Cis. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 21: 130–131 [130].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ♀, West Wickham Wood, near London.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 8 specimens.
• Cis munitus Blackburn, T. 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia x 1886-1887: 52-71, 177-287 [268].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1♀, 1♂, Port Lincoln, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Australoporus tasmanicus (and several other fungi)).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [34, figs 3K–L, 4A–B, 19O–P, 28B]

History of changes

• Cis bisericeus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [35, figs 4C–D, 19Q–T, 24G].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064262 ♂, Filmy Fern Walk, NINP, Norfolk Island [29.01S 167.57E].
  Paratype(s) 30 specimens.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Diagnosis References

Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [463] (Note. In the previous revision (Lawrence 2016), illustrations of the male genitalia of this species (Figs 19R–T) were mislabelled. These are images of the penis and NOT the tegmen and penis as indicated in the caption. The tegmen of this species was lost in dissection and the tegmen of another specimen is illustrated here (Fig. 55).)

History of changes

• Cis blackburni Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [36, figs 4E–F, 19U–V, 24O–P].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064263 2♂, Mt. Buffalo N. P., VIC [36.42S 146.50E].
  Paratype(s) 42 specimens.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Hexagonia vesperius).

History of changes

• Cis brachytrichus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [463].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014989 ♂, Selwyn Pine Rd. 120m, Norfolk Is. [29.01S, 167.57E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Collected at light, in Malaise trap, by pyrethrum fogging and in decaying Araucaria.

History of changes

• Cis canberrae Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [37, figs 4G–J, 20A–B].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064264 ♂, Black Mtn., ACT [35.16S 149.06E].
  Paratype(s) 40 specimens.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

History of changes

• Cis capillatus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [38, figs 4K–L, 20C].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234130 ♂, Wetherton, QLD [25º34’Sx151º41’E].
  Paratype(s) 32 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Coriolopsis sp.; Hexagonia tenuis; Trametes sp.).

History of changes

• Cis cavifrons Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [135].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide River, NT.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀, Adelaide River, NT.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [39, figs 5A–B, 20D]

History of changes

• Cis cervus Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Hobart, TAS.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂, Franklin, TAS.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Amauroderma rude (and several other fungi)).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [40, figs 5C–F, 20E, 28D–E]

History of changes

• Cis chinensis Lawrence, J.F. 1991. Three new Asiatic Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) associated with commercial, dried fungi. The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(3): 286-292 [288].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNH ♂, USA.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from China.

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Ganoderma lucidum).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [42, figs 5G–J, 27L–M]

History of changes

• Cis christmasensis Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [464].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014990 ♂, Christmas Island [10.29S 105.33E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Collected on basidiomes of a species of Trametes and on an unidentified white polypore.

History of changes

• Cis clarki Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [133].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 6 specimens, Swan River, WA.
• Cis clarki laetior Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [134].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 5 specimens.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Hexagonia sp. (and several other polypore fungi)).

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Cis clarki clarki Blair, 1940

Cis clarki Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [133].

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [43, figs 5K–L, 6A–B, 20F]

History of changes

• Cis clypeodentes Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [44, figs 6C–F, 20G].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064265 ♂, Junana Rock 9 km NW of Mt. Ragged, WA [33.23S 123.24E].
  Paratype(s) 100 specimens.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Phaeotrametes decipiens).

History of changes

• Cis convexiformis Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [45, figs 6G–H, 20H–I, 24J].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064266 ♂, Cape Tribulation, QLD.
  Paratype(s) 208 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Cyclomyces tabacinus (and in the basidiomes of several other fungi)).

History of changes

• Cis crassus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [46, figs 6I–J, 20J, 20M].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA #T234131 ♂, Barakula, QLD [26º13’S 150º35’E].
  Paratype(s) 40 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Fomitopsis lilacinogilva; Gloeophyllum sp.).

History of changes

• Cis deficiens Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [47, figs 6K–L].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA #T234132 ♂, Mt. Walsh, QLD [25º34’S 152º03’E].
  Paratype(s) 58 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Lenzites sp.).

History of changes

• Cis densus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [465].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014991 ♂, Moses Ck. 4 km NbyE of Mt. Finnigan, QLD [15.47S 145.17E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Collected in berlesates from sifted rainforest litter and stick brushings, in flight intercept traps, and in the basidiomes of species of Nigroporus, Cyclomyces and Phellinus.

History of changes

• Cis denticulatus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [48, figs 7A–B].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234133 ♂, Mt. Walsh, QLD [25º34’S 152º03’E].
  Paratype(s) 39 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Lenzites sp.; Gloeophyllum sp.; Fomitopsis lilacinogilva).

History of changes

• Cis depressus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [467].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014992 ♂, Cape Tribulation area, QLD [16.03S to 16.05S, 145.28E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Specimens usually collected by pyrethrum knockdown; none recorded from a host fungus.

History of changes

• Cis deserticolus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [49, figs 7C–D, 20P, 24L].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064267 ♂, 37 km SW Mt. Ragged, WA [33.40S, 123.11E].
  Paratype(s) 46 specimens.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Pycnoporus coccineus).

History of changes

• Cis dissidens Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [50, figs 7E–F, 20T].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA T234134 ♂, Pine Mt., QLD [21º45’S 148º50’E].
  Paratype(s) 192 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Phellinus minimus; Phellinus sp.).

History of changes

• Cis echidnoides Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [51, figs 7G–H, 20S, 24H].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064268 ♂, NE Busselton, WA [33.33S 115.27E].
  Paratype(s) 24 specimens.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Polyporus dictyopus).

History of changes

• Cis eremicus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [52, figs 7I–J, 20R].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064269 ♂, Black Mtn., ACT [35.16S 149.06E].
  Paratype(s) 18 specimens.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia

History of changes

• Cis fuscipes Mellié 1849. Blank. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2 6 [271, pl. 10, fig. 23].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH ♀, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  Paralectotype(s) AMNH 3 specimens, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Cis atripennis Mellié 1849. Blank. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2 6 [258].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♀, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Cis chevrolatii Mellié 1849. Blank. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2 6 [249].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH ♀, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  Paralectotype(s) AMNH 39 specimens, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
• Cis dubius Mellié 1849. Blank. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2 6 [273].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH ♀, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
• Cis carolinae Casey, T.L. 1898. Studies in the Ptinidae, Cioidae and Sphindidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society VI(2): 61-93 [Date published June 1898] [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNH ♀, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
• Cis impressa Casey, T.L. 1898. Studies in the Ptinidae, Cioidae and Sphindidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society VI(2): 61-93 [Date published June 1898] [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNH ♂, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
• Cis pallens Casey, T.L. 1898. Studies in the Ptinidae, Cioidae and Sphindidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society VI(2): 61-93 [Date published June 1898] [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNH ♀, Missoula, Montana, USA.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from North America, in the basidiomes of Trametes versicolor.

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs (associated flora: Trametes versicolor).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [53, figs 7K–L, 24M–N]

History of changes

• Cis guangxiensis Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [55, figs 8A–B, 20Q].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064270 ♂, Yangso [Yangshuo], Kwangsi [Guangxi] China.
  Paratype(s) 13 specimens.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from China, among fumigated basidiomes of Lenzites betulina.

History of changes

• Cis howensis Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [468].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014993 ♂, Stephens Reserve 10 ft. Lord Howe I. NSW [31:31.5 S, 159:04 E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Collected from berlesates from forest litter, rotten wood, bark, fungi, moss, litter in muttonbird borrows, litter under carrion and fungi bait, and also in pitfall traps.

History of changes

• Cis incomptus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [469].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014994 ♂, Claudie R. nr. Iron Rg. Qld [12:48 S, 143:18 E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Feeding in basidiomes of Trametes scabrosa and Trichaptum sp. and found in berlesates from stick brushing.

History of changes

• Cis inflatus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [56, figs 8C–D, 20O].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234135 ♂, Hann Tbld Radar Stn., QLD [16º55’S 145º15’E].
  Paratype(s) 110 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Cis laminicollis Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [132].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Antrodiella liebmanni).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [57, figs 8E–F, 20N]

History of changes

• Cis latemarginatus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [470].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014995 ♂, Claudie R. nr. Iron Rg. QLD [12:47.5 S, 143:18 E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Collected in basidiomes of Phellinus sp., Antrodiella liebmanni (=Rigidoporus liebmanni), Rigidoporus lineatus (= R. zonalis), Tyromyces grammocephalus, T. spatulatus and Trichaptum sp.

History of changes

• Cis macilentus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [472].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-014938 ♂, 8 km WbyN of Bald Hill, McIlwraith Range, QLD [13.45S 143.22E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Collected in the basidiomes of Fomitopsis feei (= F. foedata), Fomitopsis sp. (with pink context), Phellinus minimus, Phellinus sp., Trichaptum sp., in the stromata of Hypoxylon cyclopicum and Kretzschmeria cetrarioides, and in berlesates from leaf litter, flood debris, bark and rotten wood

History of changes

• Cis microcerus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [58, figs 8G–H, 20K–L, 25H].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234136 ♂, Pine Mt., QLD [21º45’S 148º50E].
  Paratype(s) 177 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Coltricia albertinii (and the basidiomes of several other fungi)).

History of changes

• Cis minutipunctatus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [59, figs 8I–J, 20U].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064271 ♂, Tooloom Scrub Floral Res., NSW [28.29S 152.23E].
  Paratype(s) 40 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

History of changes

• Cis munitus Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [268].

History of changes

• Cis nitidonotum Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [60, figs 8K–L, 21I–J, 21M].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064272 ♂, Rocky Point Reserve, Norfolk Island [29.03S 167.55E].
  Paratype(s) 108 specimens.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Cis obscuronotum Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [61, figs 9A–B, 21K–L].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064273 ♂, nr. Mt. Bates, Norfolk Island [29.01S 167.56E].
  Paratype(s) 99 specimens.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Trametes sp.).

History of changes

• Cis occidentalis Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [473].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T244706 ♂, Kangaroo Gully 1 km NW Brookton Hwy. 260m, WA [32.07S 116.09E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Feeding in the basidiomes of a species of Stereum (Stereaceae).

History of changes

• Cis parviniger Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [62, figs 9C–F, 21H, 25G].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234137 ♂, Wonga Hills, QLD [26º04’S 150º49E].
  Paratype(s) 860 specimens.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Amauroderma sp. (and a number of other fungi)).

History of changes

• Cis planomarginatus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [63, figs 9G–J, 21G, 27D, 27G].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064274 ♂, Joalah N. P. Tamborine Mt., Qld [27.56S 153.12E].
  Paratype(s) 228 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Bjerkandera sp. (and several other fungi.)).

History of changes

• Cis prominens Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [474].

  Type data:

   Holotype 25-014939 ♂, Wilson’s Prom. N. P. Lilly Pilly Tr. VIC [39:01 S, 146:19 E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Collected in forest litter and by fogging trees and logs. No host data available.

History of changes

• Cis Pycnostictus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [475].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T244707 ♂, Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Is. NSW [31:35 S, 159:05 E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Collected in a thin bracket fungus on Ficus, on dead palm fronds and from pitfall traps, pyrethrum knockdown and sweep sampling.

History of changes

• Cis recurvatus Broun, 1883.

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Wellington, NZ.
• Cis victoriensis Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part X. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 292-345 [308].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Alpine district, VIC.
• Cis tasmanicus Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Franklin, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [65, figs 9K–L, 10A–B, 21F]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Amauroderma rude (and in the basidiomes of several other fungi.)).

History of changes

• Cis rhaibocerus Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [476].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂, Wau Morobe Distr. 1100m, PNG [7:20 S, 146:45 E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

The two Australian specimens were collected from a basidiome of Trichaptum sp. No host data available for Asian and Indonesian specimens.

History of changes

• Cis sellatus Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [133].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Adelaide River, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [66, figs 10C–D, 21E–F]

History of changes

• Cis setiferus Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [269].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Roseworthy, SA.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Ubiquitous throughout Australia.

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Flavodon flavus (and in the basidiomes of several other fungi.)).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [67, figs 10E–H, 21C]

History of changes

• Cis simillimus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [68, figs 10I–L, 21B, 28F, 28I].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064275 ♂, Baw Baw Alpine Res., VIC [37.51S 146.15E].
  Paratype(s) 86 specimens.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

History of changes

• Cis sordidus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [69, figs 11A–D, 21A, 25F, 28G, 28J].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064276 ♂, Cumberland Ck. 13 km ESE Marysville, VIC [37.34S 145.53E].
  Paratype(s) 340 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Australoporus tasmanicus (and the basidiomes of several other fungi.)).

History of changes

• Cis subglaber Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [70, figs 11E–H, 21O–P, 25E].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064277 ♂, Wilga W.A. [33.42S 116.14E].
  Paratype(s) 80 specimens.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Fomitopsis feei; Fomitopsis lilacino-gilva).

History of changes

• Cis subparallelus Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [71, figs 11I–L, 21N, 21U–W, 25D].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234138 ♂, Blue Mt., QLD [21º36’S 148º58’E].
  Paratype(s) 95 specimens.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

History of changes

• Cis tasmanorae Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [72, figs 12A–B, 21Q].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064278 ♂, Bullock’s Hut Rd., Norfolk Island [29.01S 167.56E].
  Paratype(s) 54 specimens.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Cis tricolor Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [73, figs 12C–D, 21T].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM #T234139 ♂, Miles, QLD [26º40’S 150º18’E].
  Paratype(s) 34 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungi (associated flora: Gloeophyllum sp.).

History of changes

• Cis victoriae Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [74, figs 12E–H, 21S].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064279 ♂, Haines Junct., VIC [38.39S 143.42E].
  Paratype(s) 66 specimens.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Ryvardenia campyla).

History of changes

• Cis walkeri Blair, K.G. 1940. Some new species of Cisidae (Col.) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 131–136 [134].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Hobart, TAS.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Amauroderma sp. (and from the basidiomes of several other fungi.)).

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [75, figs 12I–L, 21R, 22A]

History of changes

• Cis yorkensis Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [77, figs 13A–D, 22B, 25C].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25-064280 ♂, Paluma, QLD.
  Paratype(s) 105 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Fungus associated (associated flora: Fomitopsis dochmia (and in the basidiomes of several other fungi.)).

History of changes