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HEMIPTERA, Termitaphididae

These are often known as termite bugs, is a small tropicopolitan family of true bugs placed in the superfamily Aradoidea. The Termitaphididae are small, being an average of 2 millimetres (0.079 in)-4 millimetres (0.16 in), and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The family contains two genera and twelve species. Members of Termitaphididae are inquilines in the nests of host species of termite families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae. Of the thirteen known species one Termitaphis circumvallata belongs to the monotypic genus Termitaphis and four of the remaining eleven species in Termitaradus are extinct, having only been found in amber. The living species are found world wide in the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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Poinar, G.; Heiss, E. (2011). "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber". Palaeodiversity 4: 51–62.

Engel, M.S. (2009). "A new termite bug in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera, Termitaphididae)". ZooKeys 25: 61–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.25.267.