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''Cisanthribus'' is a small genus in the family '''Anthibidae''', subfamily Choraginae, tribe Cisanthribini <sup>[[#ref2|[2]]]</sup>. On the first view, it does not look like the member of the family, since it is c. 1 mm long, globular, reddish and flightless. When examined in detail, it possess pseudotetramerous tarsi (similar to those also present in leaf beetles, Chrysomelidae), 11-segmented antenna with 3-segmented club, and protruding mandibles similar to other anthribids. Morimoto <sup>[[#ref3|[3]]]</sup>. The beetles are flightless.
The genus has 4 species, one undescribed; species other than ''C. chinensis'' inhabit Pacific islands <sup>[[#ref2|[2]]][[#ref4|[4]]]</sup>. ''Cisanthribus chinensis'' was originally described from Hong Kong in the genus ''Glabrinotropis'' that is now a synonym of ''Cisanthribus'' [[#ref1|[1]]]. Later, it was described under the name ''Cisanthribus nakenei'' from Japan <sup>[[#ref3|[3]]]</sup>.
Imoda <sup>[[#ref2|[2]]]</sup> documented that larvae of ''C. chinensis'' develop in dead leaf stalks of the palm ''Livistona chinensis''.


== Occurrence in Taiwan ==
== Occurrence in Taiwan ==

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Cisanthribus chinensis, habitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Anthribidae
Genus Cisanthribus Zimmerman, 1938

Cisanthribus is a small genus in the family Anthibidae, subfamily Choraginae, tribe Cisanthribini [2]. On the first view, it does not look like the member of the family, since it is c. 1 mm long, globular, reddish and flightless. When examined in detail, it possess pseudotetramerous tarsi (similar to those also present in leaf beetles, Chrysomelidae), 11-segmented antenna with 3-segmented club, and protruding mandibles similar to other anthribids. Morimoto [3]. The beetles are flightless. The genus has 4 species, one undescribed; species other than C. chinensis inhabit Pacific islands [2][4]. Cisanthribus chinensis was originally described from Hong Kong in the genus Glabrinotropis that is now a synonym of Cisanthribus [1]. Later, it was described under the name Cisanthribus nakenei from Japan [3]. Imoda [2] documented that larvae of C. chinensis develop in dead leaf stalks of the palm Livistona chinensis.

Occurrence in Taiwan

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Species

Cisanthribus chinensis (Frieser, 1981)
= C. nakanei Morimoto, 1986

References

[1] Frieser R (1981) Neue tropische Anthribiden (Coleoptera, Anthribidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 73: 207–216. http://publication.nhmus.hu/annales/cikkreszletes.php?idhoz=1359
[2] Imada S (2025) New locality, new host plant record, and new synonym of Cisanthribus Zimmerman (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from East Asia. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 31(1): 148–151. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjsystent/31/1/31_148/_pdf
[4] Morimoto K (1986) Notes on some Japanese Anthribidae (Coleoptera). Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, 2: 273–277. http://coleoptera.sakura.ne.jp/special-publication/T-Nakane-papers1986.pdf
[3] Zimmerman EC (1938) Anthribidae of southeastern Polynesia (Coleoptera). Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 14(13): 219–250. https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op14-13.pdf