Abstract
Enicocephalomorpha, the unique-headed bugs, is one of the more basal taxa within Heteroptera. The small size, unique morphology, and cryptic habits of most unique-headed bugs are the main reasons that most genera and species are poorly known from a biological and taxonomical point of view. Few experts have focused on this group in recent times and the boundaries of several taxa from species to family level are still unclear. In the Neotropical Region, Enicocephalidae and Aenictopecheidae are represented by ca. 70 described species in seven genera, but the true diversity is certainly much larger than these numbers would indicate.
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Fernandes, J.A.M., Weirauch, C. (2015). The Unique-Headed Bugs (Enicocephalomorpha). In: Panizzi, A., Grazia, J. (eds) True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Entomology in Focus, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_4
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