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Herein, <jats:italic>Anoplotermes susanae<\/jats:italic> Scheffrahn, Carrijo &amp; Castro, <jats:bold>sp. nov.<\/jats:bold> and four new species in four new genera are described: <jats:italic>Hirsutitermes kanzakii<\/jats:italic> Scheffrahn, Carrijo &amp; Castro, <jats:bold>gen. nov. et sp. nov.<\/jats:bold>, <jats:italic>Krecekitermes daironi<\/jats:italic> Scheffrahn, Carrijo &amp; Castro, <jats:bold>gen. nov. et sp. nov.<\/jats:bold>, <jats:italic>Mangolditermes curveileum<\/jats:italic> Scheffrahn, Carrijo &amp; Castro, <jats:bold>gen. nov. et sp. nov.<\/jats:bold>, and <jats:italic>Ourissotermes giblinorum<\/jats:italic> Scheffrahn, Carrijo &amp; Castro, <jats:bold>gen. nov. et sp. nov.<\/jats:bold> Worker descriptions are based mainly on worker gut morphology, including the enteric valve, while imagoes were described based on external characters. A Bayesian phylogenetic tree of New World Apicotermitinae was constructed using the complete mitogenome to infer genera relationships and corroborate the taxonomic decisions. 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