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Order DictyopteraDomain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria Metaphylum Schizocoelos Coelomates Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Uniramia Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota Order Dictyoptera This groups contains cockroaches, preying mantids and termites, which are somwehat similar to the orthopterans. (Mantids and cockroaches are often placed within the order Orthoptera, and the termites in a seperate order, the Isoptera.) Greek: dictyon, net + pteron, wing. (Dorit et al, 1991) |