Aliocis is a genus of tree-fungus beetle in the family Ciidae. It was described by Sandoval-Gómez and Lopes-Andrade in 2015, as a replacement name for the genus Anoplocis, preoccupied by a genus of true weevils.[1][2]

Aliocis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ciidae
Genus: Aliocis
Sandoval-Gómez & Lopes-Andrade, 2015

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References

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  1. ^ Sandoval-Gómez, VE; Lopes-Andrade, C (2015). "Aliocis, a replacement name for the preoccupied ciid genus Anoplocis Kawanabe, 1996 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae)". Zootaxa. 3946 (4): 599–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.11. PMID 25947715.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz - Anoplocis. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.