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Termites have developed a wide array of defensive mechanisms. One of them is the mandibulate soldier caste that crushes or pierces their enemies. However, in several lineages of   Termitinae  , soldiers have long and slender mandibles that cannot bite but, instead, snap and deliver powerful strikes to their opponents. Here, we use morphological and molecular evidence to describe    Roisinitermes   ebogoensis    Scheffrahn,  gen. &amp; sp. n.  from near Mbalmayo, Cameroon. Soldiers of    R.   ebogoensis    are unique among all other kalotermitid soldiers in that they possess snapping mandibles. The imago of    R.   ebogoensis    is also easily distinguished from all other   Kalotermitidae   by the lack of ocelli. Our study reveals a new case of parallel evolution of snapping mandibles in termites, a complex apparatus responsible of one of the fastest biological acceleration rates measured to date.

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Roisinitermes   ebogoensis    gen. &amp; sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (  Isoptera  ,   Kalotermitidae  )