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NEET 2018
Exam
NEET
Year
2018
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Structural Organisation in Animals

NEET 2018 · Zoology · Structural Organisation in Animals

Which of the following features is used to identify a male...

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

Options

  1. AForewings with darker tegmina
  2. BPresence of caudal styles
  3. CPresence of a boat shaped sternum on the 9th{9}^{th} abdominal segment
  4. DPresence of anal cerci

Correct answer

B. Presence of caudal styles

Step-by-step solution

In male cockroach, the 9th sternite bears a pair of small spine-like unjointed caudal or anal styles which are absent in female cockroach. The anal styles are believed to function as a motion detector.
Besides this, the other three characters, i.e. anal cerci, boat-shaped sternum on 9th abdominal segment and forewings with darker tegmina which are found in both male and female cockroaches.

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

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