Cryptotermes mobydicki sp. nov. is described from the soldier caste. The soldier is unique among all Cryptotermes species worldwide for its very narrow, elongate head capsule terminating with an extended frontal process. The new species constitutes the sixteenth Cryptotermes species for South America. Our phylogenetic reconstruction indicates that C. mobydicki sp. nov. is most closely related to the Neotropical and Central American C. mangoldi, C. parvifrons, C. cymatofrons, C. rotundiceps, and C. cavifrons.

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences Czech University of Life Sciences Kamýcká 129 165 21 Prague 6 Suchdol Czech Republic Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czech Republic

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center University of Florida 3205 College Avenue Davie FL 33314 USA University of Florida Davie United States of America

University Sorbonne Paris Nord Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology LEEC UR 4443 F 93430 Villetaneuse France University Sorbonne Paris Nord Villetaneuse France

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