Jałoszyński Paweł
Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, Poland..
Zootaxa. 2020 Feb 7;4731(3):zootaxa.4731.3.12. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.3.12.
Aenigmaphes gen. n. is described for a New Guinean Aenigmaphes papuanus sp. n. The new genus is characterized by several unique features, among others, by the pronotum with one pair of adjacent antebasal pits at middle, both situated in a deep median longitudinal groove, and the posterior margin of each mesocoxal rest demarcated by a step-wise ridge, which extends laterad and is bent posterad to connect with the lateral metaventral margin far behind the mesocoxae. The adult of the new species is minute, wingless and microphthalmous, which may be adaptations to subterranean life. Females of an undescribed species of Aenigmaphes are also recorded from Sulawesi. Relationships of the new genus within Glandulariini remain unclear.
新属隐盲步甲属（Aenigmaphes gen. n.）是为新几内亚的巴布亚隐盲步甲（Aenigmaphes papuanus sp. n.）而描述的。这个新属具有几个独特的特征，其中包括：前胸背板在中部有一对相邻的基部前凹，二者都位于一条深的中纵沟内；每个中基节窝的后缘由一条阶梯状脊划定，该脊向外侧延伸并向后弯曲，在中基节后方很远的位置与侧后腹缘相连。新物种的成虫微小、无翅且小眼，这可能是对地下生活的适应。在苏拉威西岛也记录到了一种未描述的隐盲步甲属物种的雌性。新属在腺步甲族（Glandulariini）中的亲缘关系仍不清楚。
