dictyoptera and isoptera

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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