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Definition of Dictyoptera in English: Dictyopteraplural nounˌdɪktɪˈɒptərəˌdiktēˈäptərə Entomology An order of insects that comprises the cockroaches and mantises. They have a somewhat flattened form, two pairs of wings, and long spiky legs. 〔昆〕网翅目 Example sentencesExamples - But, morphological and molecular evidence indicates that monophyly of the Dictyoptera is well defined.
- Rohdendorf and Hennig both hypothesized a relationship of the Dermaptera to the Dictyoptera (cockroaches, mantises, and termites).
- Cockroaches, termites, and mantids form the well-accepted monophyletic group Dictyoptera.
- The earwigs comprise an order of polyneopterous insects allied to the Dictyoptera and Grylloblattodea.
- To date, 10 insect orders, Homoptera, Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Isoptera, Orthoptera, and Dictyoptera, have been recorded to be hosts of Cordyceps species.
Derivativesadjective & noun Entomology Diplopods were predominant in biomass owing to the their large size, but spiders still constituted 27.8% of the total biomass, followed by coleopterans, dictyopterans, and scorpionids. Example sentencesExamples - In the dictyopterans species, however, intermediate features of granulocytes and spherulocytes led them to hypothesize a developmental relationship between both, as postulated by Gupta.
- In addition, he found that since 1988 another 40 males pheromones attractive to females species were identified; 18 coleopterans, 12 dipterans, 7 hemipterans, 2 lepidopterans and 1 dictyopteran.
- All are predatory, but the type of prey ranges from spiders to various dictyopterans or orthopteroids to caterpillars (of either Lepidoptera or other Hymenoptera).
- The Insect House - at work, amidst the dictyopteran vistas and rows of captive orthoptera, where I sweep the floors, change the light bulbs, hold open the refuse sacks that the two curators fill with the detritus of insect life - this was where it all started.
OriginModern Latin (plural), from Greek diktuon 'net' + pteron 'wing'. Definition of Dictyoptera in US English: Dictyopteraplural nounˌdiktēˈäptərə Entomology An order of insects that comprises the cockroaches and mantises. They have a somewhat flattened form, two pairs of wings, and long spiky legs. 〔昆〕网翅目 Example sentencesExamples - Rohdendorf and Hennig both hypothesized a relationship of the Dermaptera to the Dictyoptera (cockroaches, mantises, and termites).
- Cockroaches, termites, and mantids form the well-accepted monophyletic group Dictyoptera.
- The earwigs comprise an order of polyneopterous insects allied to the Dictyoptera and Grylloblattodea.
- To date, 10 insect orders, Homoptera, Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Isoptera, Orthoptera, and Dictyoptera, have been recorded to be hosts of Cordyceps species.
- But, morphological and molecular evidence indicates that monophyly of the Dictyoptera is well defined.
OriginModern Latin (plural), from Greek diktuon ‘net’ + pteron ‘wing’. |