Violin Beetle

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.

Species

The genus contains the following seven species:^[2]

• Mormolyce borneensis Gestro, 1875 — Indonesia
• Mormolyce castelnaudi Deyrolle, 1862 — Indonesia and Malaysia
• Mormolyce hagenbachii 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

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