Diploptera
| Diploptera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Family: | Blaberidae |
| Subfamily: | Blaberinae |
| Genus: | Diploptera |
Diploptera is a genus of cockroach, used particularly in molecular research into allatostatins.[1] The species Diploptera punctata, the Pacific beetle cockroach, is the only known viviparous cockroach (bears live young).[2]
References
- ↑ Lange, A.; Chan, K.; Stay, B. (1993). "Effect of allatostatin and proctolin on antennal pulsatile organ and hindgut muscle in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata". Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology 24 (2): 79–92. doi:10.1002/arch.940240203. ISSN 0739-4462. PMID 7902139.
- ↑ Research Project, University of Toronto
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