1965/01/01 by F. A. McKittrick · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and animal studies #Fossil Insects in Amber #Biology #Cockroach #Blattidae #Periplaneta #Zoology #Genus #Coptotermes #Phyletic gradualism #Seta #Botany #Phylogenetic tree #Ecology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/aesa/58.1.18
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The phylogenetic relationship between cockroaches and termites is considered and morphological evidence is presented which indicates that the Blattaria and Isoptera may be more closely allied than is generally recognized. The proventriculus and female genitalia are compared in the primitive wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, and the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt. Similar comparison is made with the cockroaches Lamproblatta albipalpus Hebard and Panesthia laevicollis Saussure, in order to clarify the phyletic position of the genus Cryptocercus within the Blattaria. The superficial similarities of Cryptocercus and panesthiine roaches are apparently due to convergence. Cryptocercus is placed in a separate family, the Cryptocercidae, which is most closely allied to the Blattidae. Five families of cockroaches are recognized.