Violin beetle
| Violin beetles | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mormolyce phyllodes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
| Genus: | Mormolyce Hagenbach, 1825 |
Violin beetles or Banjo Beetles are ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. [1]They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.
There are five species all contained in the genus Mormolyce.[2]
- Mormolyce castelnaudi Deyrolle, 1862 — Malaysia, Thailand
- Mormolyce hagenbachi Westwood, 1862 — Malaysia
- Mormolyce phyllodes Hagenbach, 1825 — Indonesia, Malaysia
- Mormolyce quadraticollis Donckier, 1899
- Mormolyce tridens Andrewes, 1941
References
- ↑ Lorenz, W. "Lebiini (1): Nomina Carabideum, Online Database", 2005. Retrieved on 2009-08-06.
- ↑ "Mormolyce Hagenbach, 1825". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011.
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