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Termitaradus mitnicki
''Termitaradus mitnicki'' is an extinct species of true bug in the family Termitaphididae known only from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.
The species is known from the holotype, number "KU-DR-023", a single female specimen currently deposited in the University of Kansas Natural History Museum collections in Lawrence, Kansas, where it was studied and described by Michael S. Engel.〔 Engel published his 2009 type description for ''T. mitnicki'' in journal ''ZooKeys'' volume number 25.〔 The species name ''mitnicki'' honors Tyler Mitnick, nephew of the specimen donor.〔
''T. mitnicki'' is the third species of ''Termitaradus'' to be identified from the fossil record and the one of three species identified from Dominican amber, the other two being ''T. avitinquilinus'', described earlier in 2009 and ''T. dominicanus'' described in 2011. The eight living species are found world wide in the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.〔 It is probable that ''T. mitnicki'', like modern species of ''Termitaradus'', was inquiline, living in the nests of host species of termites, though the host species is unknown. Modern species of ''Termitaradus'', where the host termite is known, live with members of the family Rhinotermitidae, however a possible host of ''T. avitinquilinus'' is the extinct termite ''Mastotermes electrodominicus'', the type specimens being preserved associated with a worker ''M. electrodominicana''.〔
While modern ''Termitaradus'' species are small, being an average of , ''T. mitnicki'' is the third largest species known at 5.8 mm long. The second largest is ''T. dominicanus'' at 〔 and the largest species is the Miocene Mexican amber species ''T. protera'' with a length of .〔 Typical of ''Termitaradus'', ''T. mitnicki'' is flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment, giving a round, scale-like appearance confirming the genus placement. The other genus in Termataphididae, ''Termitaphis'', has an egg-shaped body rather than the flattened body of ''Termitaradus'' species. ''T. mitnicki'' can be identified from other species through several characteristics, notably the distinctive network of ridges on the top of the insect, which do not extend to the edges of the laminae.〔 The general coloration is reddish-brown, lightening as towards the edges of the laminae with pale yellow setae.〔
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