Aenigmaticum
Matthews, 1888
Aenigmaticum is a of minute hooded in the . The genus contains approximately five described distributed in North America. These beetles are characterized by their small size and distinctive hooded body form. The genus was established by Matthews in 1888.
Pronunciation
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Distribution
North America; recorded from California, Mexico, and adjacent regions
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Species composition
The includes five described : Aenigmaticum californicum Casey, 1889; Aenigmaticum elongatum (LeConte, 1878); Aenigmaticum mexicanum Pakaluk, 1985; Aenigmaticum prolatum Pakaluk, 1985; and Aenigmaticum ptilioides Matthews, 1888.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Ultrastructure of cell types within the scolex and cephalic peduncle of the litobothriidean tapeworm, Litobothrium aenigmaticum
- An enigmatic new tapeworm, Litobothrium aenigmaticum, sp. nov. (Platyhelminthes : Cestoda: Litobothriidea), from the pelagic thresher shark with comments on development of known Litobothrium species
- New species of Clade B Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) from the greater Caribbean belong to different functional guilds: S. aenigmaticum sp. nov., S. antillogorgium sp. nov., S. endomadracis sp. nov., and S. pseudominutum sp. nov.