Abstract
A new species, Tribasodites sugayai sp. nov., from Taiwan and southern China is described and illustrated. This new species was collected from colonies of the Hodotermopsis sjostedti Holmgren, 1912 termite. It is the first exact record of a termitophilous species in this genus.
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