Cis bilamellatus Wood, 1884
(a small fungus beetle)

Interactions where Cis bilamellatus 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			Trichaptum abietinum	Purplepore Bracket	Hymenochaetales	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/	Trichaptum abietinum	purplepore bracket			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Fomitopsis betulina	Birch Polypore, Razorstrop Fungus	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Fomitopsis betulina/	Fomitopsis betulina	birch polypore, razorstrop fungus			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Laetiporus sulphureus	Chicken Of The Woods, Sulphur Polypore	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Laetiporus sulphureus/	Laetiporus sulphureus	chicken of the woods, sulphur polypore			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi	Polyporales: Ganodermataceae	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Ganodermataceae/Ganoderma/	Ganoderma	a genus of bracket fungi			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Bjerkandera adusta	Smoky Bracket	Polyporales: Meruliaceae	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Bjerkandera adusta/	Bjerkandera adusta	smoky bracket			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Daedaleopsis confragosa	Blushing Bracket	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Daedaleopsis confragosa/	Daedaleopsis confragosa	blushing bracket			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Fomes fomentarius	Hoof Fungus, Tinder Bracket	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Fomes fomentarius/	Fomes fomentarius	hoof fungus, tinder bracket			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Trametes	a genus of bracket fungi	Polyporales: Polyporaceae	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Trametes/	Trametes	a genus of bracket fungi			fruitbody
larva		larva feeds within fruitbody			Stereum	curtain crusts	Russulales: Stereaceae	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 bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle				larva	Fungus / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/	Stereum	curtain crusts			fruitbody

Interactions where Cis bilamellatus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		is parasitoid host of			Cephalonomia formiciformis	a bethylid wasp	Hymenoptera: Bethylidae	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/Hymenoptera/Bethylidae/Cephalonomia formiciformis/	Cephalonomia formiciformis	a bethylid wasp					Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle								is parasitoid of
		is parasitoid host of			Astichus arithmeticus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eulophidae	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/Hymenoptera/Eulophidae/Astichus arithmeticus/	Astichus arithmeticus	a chalcid wasp					Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/	Cis bilamellatus	a small fungus beetle								is parasitoid of

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010	The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact	Biological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

Cis
(a genus of small fungus beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cis bilamellatus (a small fungus beetle)
Genus	Cis (a genus of small fungus beetles)
Family	CIIDAE (small fungus beetles)
Superfamily	TENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cis bilamellatus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cis bilamellatus (a small fungus beetle)

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

CIIDAE
(small fungus beetles)

TENEBRIONOIDEA
(narrow timber beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

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

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

CIIDAE
(small fungus beetles)

TENEBRIONOIDEA
(narrow timber beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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