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Macrocis taurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Ciidae
Genus:	Macrocis
Species:	M. taurus
Binomial name
	Macrocis taurus; Reitter, 1878
Synonyms
	Cis taurus;

Macrocis taurus is a species of beetle of the family Ciidae.^[1] It is found in Mexico.^[2]^[3]

Description

The body is convex, elongated and subglabrous. The pronotum has single punctation and microreticulate sculpture between the punctures. The lateral margins are explanate, weakly crenulated and visible for their entire lengths from above. The elytral punctation is dual and subseriate. Males have a frontoclypeal ridge bearing a pair of parallel and conical horns with acute apices and abdominal sex patch approximately one-half of the length of the first abdominal ventrite at the longitudinal midline at the centre of the ventrite.^[3]

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 2, 2026.
↑ ITIS (2026). "Cis at Catalogue of Life". Nicolson, D., Alexander, S., Hodson, A., Mitchell, D., Orrell, T., & Perez-Gelabert, D. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version 2026-05-27). 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 (2026-06-19 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 2, 2026.
1 2 Oliveira, Ester H.; Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano; Lawrence, John F. (2013). "Review of the Neotropical Ciidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Cis taurus species-group". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 71 (3). Retrieved October 2, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[gbif-1] "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 2, 2026.

[:1-2] ITIS (2026). "Cis at Catalogue of Life". Nicolson, D., Alexander, S., Hodson, A., Mitchell, D., Orrell, T., & Perez-Gelabert, D. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version 2026-05-27). 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 (2026-06-19 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 2, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Oliveira, Ester H.; Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano; Lawrence, John F. (2013). "Review of the Neotropical Ciidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Cis taurus species-group". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 71 (3). Retrieved October 2, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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