Mormolyce
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.
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| Mormolyce phyllodes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
| Tribe: | Lebiini |
| Genus: | Mormolyce Hagenbach, 1825 |
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Species
The genus contains the following seven species:[2]
- Mormolyce borneensis Gestro, 1875 — Indonesia
- Mormolyce castelnaudi Deyrolle, 1862 — Indonesia and Malaysia
- Mormolyce hagenbachi 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
- Lorenz, W. "Lebiini (1): Nomina Carabideum, Online Database", 2005. Retrieved on 2009-08-06.
- "Mormolyce Hagenbach, 1825". Carabidae of the World. 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links
Data related to Mormolyce at Wikispecies
Media related to Mormolyce at Wikimedia Commons- Violin beetles on stamps
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