Order Dictyoptera (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Order Dictyoptera includes cockroaches and mantids, which were separated into distinct suborders due to distinct characteristics and features.
- Some taxonomists have replaced the term order Dictyoptera with suborders Blattodea and Mantodea.
- In historical classifications, order Dictyoptera often included a wide variety of insects encompassed by the broader Orthoptera.
- The classification of order Dictyoptera remains disputed, with various sources placing the insects in this group into slightly different categories.
- From a historical perspective, the insects currently classified as Blattodea and Mantodea were previously all part of order Dictyoptera.