Dictyoptera:
Dictyoptera includes two groups of insects, the
Blattaria (cockroaches) and the Mantodea (mantids,
or praying mantises). Traditionally Dictyoptera
has been considered an order, with Blattaria and
Mantodea being its two suborders. Nowadays, however,
the cockroaches and mantids are usually considered
different enough to be each given their own order,
and Dictyoptera is shifted to superorder status.
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