Fig. 2

Attachment of the schizoglyphid mite Plesioglyphus lebanotermi gen. et sp. n. on the termite from Lebanese amber, Barremian. (A) Specimens 1 and 2 detached ventrolaterally from the termite host. (B) Specimen 3 is attached to the forefemur of the termite host. (C) Specimen 4 is attached between the hindwings of the host. (D) Specimens 9–15 are attached between the termite hindwings above the dorsal abdominal area. (E) Specimens 5–8 are attached between the termite hindwings above the dorsal abdominal area. (F) Detail of attachment of specimen 16 on the wing membrane of its host. (G) – +/- schematics of the CuA area of an extant termite hindwing adapted from Scheffrahn et al. [20] (CC BY 4.0) similar to the area with attached mites in Lebanotermes veltzae Engel, Azar et Nel, 2011. Note that the wings of termites are not as corrugated as in Paleozoic insects or in Odonatoptera, and Blattodea. Scale bars: 500 μm (A, D), 100 μm (B–C), 0,3 mm (E), 150 μm (F), 2 mm (G)