Biology:Violin beetle

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Violin beetles
Violin beetle Mormolyce phyllodes.jpg
Mormolyce phyllodes
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Mormolyce

Hagenbach, 1825
Species

5; see text

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.

Species

The genus contains the following five species:[2]

  • Mormolyce castelnaudi Deyrolle, 1862 — Malaysia and Thailand
  • Mormolyce hagenbachi Westwood, 1862 — Malaysia
  • Mormolyce phyllodes Hagenbach, 1825 — Indonesia and Malaysia
  • Mormolyce quadraticollis Donckier, 1899
  • Mormolyce tridens Andrewes, 1941

References

  1. Lorenz, W. "Lebiini (1): Nomina Carabideum, Online Database", 2005. Retrieved on 2009-08-06.
  2. "Mormolyce Hagenbach, 1825". Carabidae of the World. 2011. http://carabidae.org/carabidae/mormolyce-hagenbach-1825.html. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1936656 entry