A new termite bug in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera, Termitaphididae)

By

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

25

Pages

61-68

Subjects

Aradoidea , Heteroptera , inquiline , Paleontology , Pentatomomorpha , Prosorrhyncha , Tertiary , West Indies

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.25.267

 

Abstract

A new species of the termite bug genus Termitaradus Myers (Aradoidea: Termitaphididae) is described and figured based on a single female preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic. Termitaradus mitnicki sp. n. differs from the only other termitaphidid in Dominican amber, T. avitinquilinus Grimaldi and Engel, in the integumental ornamentation, number of laminae and lobules, body proportions, and setation. This is the third species of fossil Termitaphididae discovered. A revised key to living and fossil termitaphidids is provided.