Navigate

Which of the following features is used to identify a male cockroach from

Which of the following features is used to identify a male cockroach from a female cockroach?

Options

(a) Presence of anal cerci
(b) Forewings with darker tegmina
(c) Presence of caudal styles
(d) Presence of a boat shaped sternum on the 9th abdominal segment

Correct Answer:

Presence of caudal styles

Explanation:

Males bear a pair of short, thread like anal styles which are absent in females.Anal/caudal styles arise from 9th abdominal segment in male cockroach.

NEET2018
admin:

Related Questions

  1. Which one of the following hormones though synthesised else where is stored and released
  2. Structure formed in meiosis which helps in crossing over is called
  3. The greatest biomass of autotraphs in the worlds oceans is that of
  4. In the first two or three lumbar vertebrae there is a small median process
  5. Reduction of NADP takes place in