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?
Options
- AForewings with darker tegmina
- BPresence of caudal styles
- CPresence of a boat shaped sternum on the abdominal segment
- 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.