dictyoptera and isoptera
DESCRIPTION
Identification of Insect Orders in relation to major families. Major characters of themTRANSCRIPT
Muhammad Kamran Sial
B.Sc(hons) Agricultural
Entomology
University Of Sargodha
Pakistan
Presented to: Dr Anjum Aqeel
DICTYOPTERA
Head:Antennae: Long and staceaucMouth Parts: Mandibulat
General Characters
Thorax
Prothorax:Greatly visible and varying
i.e. Neck like or semicircular
Wings:
Forewing TegminaHind wing broad
Legs
Raptorial
Ambulatory
Abdomen
Male genitalia is asymmetricalOn 9th segment pair of styliCerci many segmentedCerci>Styli
SubordersMantodia MantidaeMantids
BlatteriaBlattidaeCockroaches
Mantidae
Head clearPronotum neck likeProleg is raptorialRemaining legs Cursorial
Blattidae
Head is concealed under pronotumPronotum is shield likeLegs are cursorial
Cockroaches
OmnivoresSalmonella bacteriaAsthmaA medicine “Blatta” to cure
Isoptera
General Characters
Iso = samePtera = wingsPolymorphism Genetically controlled social
setupReproductive and no-reproductive casts
(King & Queen) (Soldier & Workers)
Head
Antennae; MoniliformMouth parts; Chewing type
Thorax & Abdomen
Wings similarAfter mating shed
their wingsTarsi 4 segmentedShort cerci
Families
TermitidaeRhinotermitidaeKalotermitidaeHudotermitidae
Termitidae
Antinnae: 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
Rhinotermitidae
Scales of fore wing > PronotumRadius vein is behind the costal marginRadius vein is without anterior branchingPronotum is flatCerci 2 segmented
Kalotermitidae
Ocelli absentRadius vein have 1 or 2 anterior branches
Hudotermitidae
Ocelli absentRadius vein with one or 2 anterior branches
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