Macrocis

Macrocis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Ciidae
Genus:	Macrocis; Reitter, 1878
Synonyms
	Trichapus Friedenreich, 1881;

Macrocis is a genus of beetles of the family Ciidae.

Species

Macrocis bahiensis (Pic, 1916)
Macrocis cornelli (Lawrence, 1971)
Macrocis diabolicus Reitter, 1878
Macrocis grandicornis Pic, 1917
Macrocis longipilis (Pic, 1930)
Macrocis monnei Lopes-Andrade, Souza-Gonçalves & Sandoval-Gómez, 2026
Macrocis pubescens (Friedenreich, 1881)
Macrocis rufescens Pic, 1922
Macrocis setifer Gorham, 1883
Macrocis taurus Reitter, 1878
Macrocis testaceimembris Pic, 1916
Macrocis testaceus Pic, 1916 (= Cis kawanabei Lopes-Andrade, 2002)

Taxonomy

The genus was previously treated as a synonym of Cis, but reinstated in 2026 to accommodate the species previously placed in the Cis taurus species group.

References

↑ Ciidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 14, 2026.
↑ Newton, A. (2026). "Ciini at Catalogue of Life". StaphBase (version Aug 2022). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Abreu, A. Acero P, et al., Catalogue of Life (2026-08-26 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 15, 2026.
1 2 Lopes-Andrade, C.; Souza-Gonçalves, I.; Sandoval-Gómez, V. E. (2026). "Reinstatement of the genus Macrocis Reitter, 1878 (Coleoptera: Ciidae), with the description of a new Brazilian species". Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia. 66 (special 1). Retrieved September 15, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Ciidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.

[gbif-2] "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 14, 2026.

[:1-3] Newton, A. (2026). "Ciini at Catalogue of Life". StaphBase (version Aug 2022). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Abreu, A. Acero P, et al., Catalogue of Life (2026-08-26 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 15, 2026.

[:2-4] 1 2 Lopes-Andrade, C.; Souza-Gonçalves, I.; Sandoval-Gómez, V. E. (2026). "Reinstatement of the genus Macrocis Reitter, 1878 (Coleoptera: Ciidae), with the description of a new Brazilian species". Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia. 66 (special 1). Retrieved September 15, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.