First record of Cis Chinensis (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

S. Amini ¹ (Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural resources, University of Tehran,Tehran, Iran)
H. Sheikhnejad ² (Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)
R. Hosseini ³ (Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Iran)

Received: 2015-01-25 Accepted : 2016-06-25 Published : 2016-08-22

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Family of Ciidae is small beetle that grows in the fruiting bodies of the fungus. During investigation in 2012 species Cis chinensis Lawrence1991, of the genus Cis (Coleoptera: Ciidae) was collected from Guilan Province, and was recorded for the first time from Iran fauna. This species is belonging to Ciidae family (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea).