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.
Species
The genus contains the following five species:
References
Violin beetle Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA