Paussus aenigma

Paussus aenigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Beetle
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Paussus
Species:	P. aenigma
Binomial name
Paussus aenigma Reichensperger, 1954

One of 368 myrmecophilous species in the carabid genus Paussus.

Distribution

Burundi, Malawi, Tanzania

REFERENCES

• Nagel, P. (2006) Ant nest beetles of the Carnegie Museum (Coleoptera:Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 75,181–202.

• Robertson, J.A. & W. Moore 2017. Phylogeny of Paussus L. (Carabidae: Paussinae): unravelling morphological convergence associated with myrmecophilous life histories. Systematic Entomology. 42(1):134-170.

• Reichensperger, A., 1954: Paussiden-Studien II. Zoologische Jahrbücher, 83: 111–128