Muhammad

Kamran

Sial

B.Sc(hon

s) Agric

ultural

Entomolo

gy

Universi

ty Of Sa

rgodha

Pakistan

Presente

d to: Dr

Anjum A

qeel

DICTYOPTERA

Head:Antennae: Long and staceaucMouth Parts: Mandibulat

General Characters

ThoraxProthorax:Greatly visible and varying

i.e. Neck like or semicircular

Wings:

Forewing TegminaHind wing broad

LegsRaptorial

Ambulatory

AbdomenMale genitalia is asymmetricalOn 9th segment pair of styliCerci many segmentedCerci>Styli

SubordersMantodia MantidaeMantids

BlatteriaBlattidaeCockroaches

Mantidae

Head clearPronotum neck likeProleg is raptorialRemaining legs Cursorial

BlattidaeHead is concealed under pronotumPronotum is shield likeLegs are cursorial

CockroachesOmnivoresSalmonella bacteriaAsthmaA medicine “Blatta” to cure

Isoptera

General Characters

Iso = samePtera = wingsPolymorphism Genetically controlled social

setupReproductive and no-reproductive casts

(King & Queen) (Soldier & Workers)

HeadAntennae; MoniliformMouth parts; Chewing type

Thorax & AbdomenWings similarAfter mating shed

their wingsTarsi 4 segmentedShort cerci

FamiliesTermitidaeRhinotermitidaeKalotermitidaeHudotermitidae

TermitidaeAntinnae: MoniliformWing have colourForewing have scaleScale of forewing < pronotumPronotum is saddle shaped

Radius: behind the costal margin Without branchingRedial sector is reduced or absentCerci 1 or 2 segmented

RhinotermitidaeScales of fore wing > PronotumRadius vein is behind the costal marginRadius vein is without anterior branchingPronotum is flatCerci 2 segmented

KalotermitidaeOcelli absentRadius vein have 1 or 2 anterior branches

HudotermitidaeOcelli absentRadius vein with one or 2 anterior branches

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