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Order Dictyoptera - suborders elevated to order; please delete

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Obsolete higher taxa -- Please delete)

Order Dictyoptera (suborders elevated to order; please delete)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dictyoptera is sometimes defined to include termites, here treated as a separate order, Isoptera.

Explanation of Names

From Greek dictyo, a net, plus pteron wing (1).

Print References

Borror, entry for dicty (1)

Internet References

Tree of Life--Dictyoptera

Insects of Cedar Creek--Dictyoptera

Wikipedia--Dictyoptera.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by jvandyk, cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 8:21pm

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