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Dictyoptera (Cockroaches and Mantids)

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Antennae almost invariably filiform, with numerous segments. Mouthparts mandibulate. Legs similar to each other or fore legs raptorial; coxae large and rather closely approximated; tarsi almost always 5-segmented. Fore wings modified into more or less thickened tegmina and with marginal costal vein. Wing-pads of nymph do not undergo reversal during development. Female with reduced ovipositor concealed by enlarged 7th abdominal sternum. Male genitalia complex, asymmetrical and largely concealed by 9th abdominal sternum which bears a pair of styles. Cerci many-segmented. Specialized stridulatory and auditory organs absent. Eggs contained in ootheca.

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