Biology:Mormolyce

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Mormolyce
Violin beetle Mormolyce phyllodes.jpg
Mormolyce phyllodes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Genus: Mormolyce
Hagenbach, 1825
Species

7; see text

Mormolyce is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae.[1] They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.

Species

The genus contains the following seven species:[2]

  • Mormolyce borneensis Gestro, 1875 — Indonesia
  • Mormolyce castelnaudi Deyrolle, 1862 — Indonesia and Malaysia
  • Mormolyce hagenbachii Westwood, 1862 — Indonesia and Malaysia
  • Mormolyce matejmiciaki Ďuríček & Klícha, 2017 — Indonesia
  • Mormolyce phyllodes Hagenbach, 1825 — Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand
  • Mormolyce quadraticollis Donckier, 1899 — Indonesia
  • Mormolyce tridens Andrewes, 1941 — Indonesia

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1936656 entry