''Mormolyce'' is a
genus
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of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it i ...
s in the subfamily
Lebiinae
Lebiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Genera
The subfamily includes the following genera:
* '' Abrodiella'' Bousquet, 2002
* '' Actenonyx'' White, 1846
* '' Aeolodermus'' Andrewes, 1929
* '' Afrodromius'' Basilewsky, 1958
...
. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped
elytra and live between layers of
bracket fungi
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.
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:
* ''
Mormolyce borneensis
''Mormolyce'' is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:
* '' Mormolyce borneensi ...
''
Gestro, 1875 —
Indonesia
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* ''
Mormolyce castelnaudi''
Deyrolle, 1862 — Indonesia and
Malaysia
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* ''
Mormolyce hagenbachi
''Mormolyce'' is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:
* ''Mormolyce borneensis ...
''
Westwood, 1862 — Indonesia and Malaysia
* ''
Mormolyce matejmiciaki
''Mormolyce'' is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:
* ''Mormolyce borneensis ...
''
Ďuríček & Klícha, 2017 — Indonesia
* ''
Mormolyce phyllodes
''Mormolyce phyllodes'', commonly known as the violin beetle, is a species of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae.
Subspecies
The species may be divided into the following subspecies:Lorenz, W Nomina Carabideum, Online Database"/ref>
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''
Hagenbach
Hagenbach () is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of Karlsruhe.
Hagenbach is the seat of the ''Verbandsgem ...
, 1825 — Indonesia,
Papua New Guinea
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, Malaysia,
Thailand
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* ''
Mormolyce quadraticollis
''Mormolyce'' is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:
* ''Mormolyce borneensis ...
''
Donckier, 1899 — Indonesia
* ''
Mormolyce tridens
''Mormolyce'' is a genus of ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:
* '' Mormolyce borneensi ...
''
Andrewes, 1941 — Indonesia
References
External links
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Lebiinae
Beetles of Asia
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