Violin beetle
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Violin beetles are ground beetle
s in the subfamily Lebiinae
. They live between layers of bracket fungi.
There are five species all contained in the genus Mormolyce.
Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...
s in the subfamily Lebiinae
Lebiinae
Lebiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:* Abrodiella Bousquet, 2002* Actenonyx White, 1846* Aeolodermus Andrewes, 1929* Afrodromius Basilewsky, 1958* Afrotarus Jeannel, 1949...
. They live between layers of bracket fungi.
There are five species all contained in the genus Mormolyce.
- Mormolyce castelnaudi DeyrolleAchille DeyrolleAchille Deyrolle was a French entomologist mainly interested in Coleoptera.Born in Lille Deyrolle eventually settled in Brussels where he worked with his father in the City Museum. He went on a scientific mission to Brazil...
, 1862 — Malaysia, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... - Mormolyce hagenbachi WestwoodJohn Obadiah WestwoodJohn Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.Born in Sheffield, he studied to be a lawyer but abandoned that for his scientific interests....
, 1862 — Malaysia - Mormolyce phyllodes Hagenbach, 1825 — IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Malaysia - Mormolyce quadraticollis Donckier, 1899
- Mormolyce tridens Andrewes, 1941
External links
- Violin beetles on stamps
- Beetle Museum Page about the Violin Beetle.