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Violin beetle

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Lebiinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Carabidae

Scientific name
  
Mormolyce

Higher classification
  
Ground beetle

Order
  
Beetle

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Similar
  
Beetle, Insect, Mormolyce phyllodes, Ground beetle, Harlequin beetle

Violin beetles or banjo beetles are ground beetles in the subfamily Lebiinae. They all possess distinctive violin-shaped elytra and live between layers of bracket fungi.

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Species

The genus contains the following five species:

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  • 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

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    References

    Violin beetle Wikipedia
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