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Dictyoptera (cockroaches, mantises and termites)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera
Mantises and
termites evolved from cockroach-like
ancestors and hence are included in the same taxon as cockroaches rather than
being in their own orders as was formerly the case. This over-arching taxon is
the Dictyoptera and thus includes the previous insect orders of Blatodea
(cockroaches), Mantodea (mantids) and Isoptera (termites).
Classification
Text by Hamish G. Robertson |
