Violin beetle

Violin beetles
Mormolyce phyllodes, Gunung Mulu National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Lebiinae
Genus:	Mormolyce Hagenbach, 1825

Violin beetles are ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. ^[1]They 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

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.pro/carabidae/mormolyce-hagenbach-1825.html. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011. 

External links

• Violin beetles on stamps
• Beetle Museum Page about the Violin Beetle.

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