Dictyoptera

an order of insects that includes cockroaches and mantises. They possess tough, narrow forewings and broad, membranous hind wings, though some do not fly; they have long antennae and biting mouthparts.

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The observed high specificity of the acridid lectins toward rabbit RBCs is also detected in other insects, e.g., the dictyopteran P.

Specificity and developmental changes in hemagglutinating activity of serum of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Lectins from another group of insects have binding affinity to mannose, e.g., the dictyopteran B.

Isolation and characterization of multiple-lectins from serum of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

religiosa have been described for the defensive or disturbance sounds of another dictyopteran [e.g., -10 kHz in the cockroach G.

Sound generation in Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae): stridulatory structures and acoustic signal

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