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Definition of Dictyoptera
1. Noun. In some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Hexapoda, Class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta
Member holonyms: Dictyopterous Insect, Blattaria, Blattodea, Suborder Blattaria, Suborder Blattodea, Manteodea, Suborder Manteodea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dictyoptera
Literary usage of Dictyoptera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"We seem to possess three very distinct indigenous species, all varying in size^
sculpture, and colour. Order VI. dictyoptera. Lead,. Order HEMIPTERA. Linni. ..."
2. Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions: With Preliminary (1824)
"... and dictyoptera ; the third, ... dictyoptera. Wings reticulated. — — — 6.
Lepidoptera. Wings covered with powder. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... and dictyoptera), Neurop- tera (including Trichoptera, Thysanura, Collembola,
Mallophaga and ..."
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