Termitaphididae (lat.) Is a family of termitophilic bugs in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha ( Aradoidea ). 13 species. Small insects are oval in shape, dorsoventrally flattened, body length from 2 to 4 mm (fossil species T. protera reaches 7 mm) [2] . They are inquilines in nests of termites from the families of Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae . There are 3 known fossil species of the genus Termitaradus from Dominican amber and one from Mexican amber. Modern species are found in tropical countries in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia [2] [3] [4] .
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 Bug Termitaradus mitnicki from Dominican amber | ||||||||||||||||
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| Termitaphididae Myers, 1924 [1] |
Systematics
2 genera and 13 species [2] [5] .
- Termitaphis - 1 view
- Termitaphis circumvallata Wasmann [6]
- Termitaradus - 11 species
- Termitaradus annandalei ( Silvestri )
- Termitaradus australiensis (Mjöberg) [1]
- † Termitaradus avitinquilinus Grimaldi & Engel, 2008 [4]
- † Termitaradus dominicanus Poinar in Poinar & Heiss, 2011 [5]
- Termitaradus guianae (Morrison)
- Termitaradus jamaicensis Myers [7]
- Termitaradus mexicana (Silvestri, 1911) [8]
- † Termitaradus mitnicki Engel, 2009 [2]
- Termitaradus panamensis Myers
- † Termitaradus protera Poinar & Doyen [9]
- Termitaradus subafra (Silvestri)
- Termitaradus trinidadensis (Morrison)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Myers JG (1924). On the systematic position of the family Termitaphididae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera), with a description of the genus and species from Panama. Psyche 31 (6): 259–278.
- 2 1 2 3 4 Engel, MS A new termite bug in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera, Termitaphididae) (English) // ZooKeys: journal. - Pensoft Publishers , 2009. - Vol. 25 - P. 61—68 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.25.267 .
- ↑ Usinger, Robert L. 1942. Revision of the Termitaphididae (Hemiptera). // The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 18, no. 4: 155–159
- ↑ 1 2 Grimaldi, DA; Engel, MS 2008. Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera: Termitaphididae). American Museum novitates, (3619)
- ↑ 1 2 Poinar, G., jr .; Heiss, E. 2011: New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber . Palaeodiversity, 4: 51-62.
- ↑ Wasmann E. (1902). Species novae insectorum termitophilarum ex America meridionali. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 45: 75–107.
- ↑ Myers JG (1932). Observations on the family Termitaphididae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) with a description of a new species from Jamaica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 9: 366–372.
- ↑ Silvestri F. (1911). Sulla posizione sistematica del genere Termitaphis Wasm. (Hemiptera), con descrizione di due specie nuove. Bolletino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale ed Agraria, Portici 5: 231–236.
- ↑ Poinar G. O, Jr, Doyen JT (1992). A fossil termite bug, Termitaradus protera sp. n. (Hemiptera: Termitaphididae), from Mexican amber. Entomologica Scandinavica 23 (1): 89–93.
Literature
- Usinger, Robert L. 1942. Revision of the Termitaphididae (Hemiptera). // The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 18, no. 4: 155-159.