Dictyoptera

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Related to dictyopterans: American cockroach, Neoptera, Pterygota

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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