#order_Dictyoptera__Dictyoptera  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
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  class_Insecta
  member:  dictyopterous_insect__dictyopterousinsect  cockroaches and mantids
  member:  suborder_Blattodea__Blattodea__Blattaria__suborder_Blattaria  cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
     member:  cockroach__roach  any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
     member:  family_Blattidae__Blattidae  domestic cockroaches
        member:  genus_Blatta__Blatta  type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide
           member:  oriental_cockroach__oriental_roach__Asiatic_cockroach__blackbeetle__Blatta_orientalis  dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
        member:  genus_Periplaneta__Periplaneta  cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
           member:  American_cockroach__Periplaneta_americana  large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
           member:  Australian_cockroach__Periplaneta_australasiae  widely distributed in warm countries
        member:  genus_Blattella__Blattella  small cockroaches
           member:  German_cockroach__Croton_bug__water_bug__waterbug__Blattella_germanica  small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
        member:  genus_Blaberus__Blaberus  giant cockroaches
           member:  giant_cockroach__giantcockroach  large tropical American cockroaches
     member:  family_Cryptocercidae__Cryptocercidae  a family of Blattodea
        member:  genus_Cryptocercus__Cryptocercus  cockroaches
  member:  suborder_Manteodea__Manteodea  mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
     member:  family_Mantidae__Mantidae__Manteidae__family_Manteidae  mantises
        member:  genus_Mantis  type genus of the Mantidae: mantises
           member:  mantis__mantid  predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer

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