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Cockroach Notes Shekar

The document provides detailed information about the morphology, anatomy, and reproductive system of the Indian cockroach (Periplaneta americana). It covers aspects such as body structure, digestive and respiratory systems, and sensory organs. Additionally, it discusses the differences between male and female cockroaches and their reproductive processes.
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Cockroach Notes Shekar

The document provides detailed information about the morphology, anatomy, and reproductive system of the Indian cockroach (Periplaneta americana). It covers aspects such as body structure, digestive and respiratory systems, and sensory organs. Additionally, it discusses the differences between male and female cockroaches and their reproductive processes.
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Colour Brown or black bodied Tpa
perforation
Also p
Green

Size inches to 3 inches 0.6 to 7 6cm

world
Habitat Damp places throughout
Moistand Cosmopolitan
Dalk
Active during Night
ncrna
Feeds on any organic
Omnivores
matter
Fast runner with
cursorial
jointed legs

is
americana
Periplanata mn
Common Indian cockroach wings
in size
34 53 mm

abdomen
wings extend beyond
in males
Morphology Body ax
Abdomen
He Head 6 segments
Abdomen
Embryo
Thorax 3 segments of
consists
of
10 segments segment
Abdomen 11

body into functional units like


Division of
and abdomen is known as
head thorax
units are called Tagmate
Tagmatisation

Each tagmata contain segments


into is known
Division of body segments

as Metamerism

Heteronomous metamerism
Bodyway of cocktail
sensor hair Epicuticle

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LIFE Dermis
membrane

form shell
cuticle is made up of chitin s chitinous

O the cuticle of body w Te


form of these plates
are
plates
called
Sclerites

membrye Articular membrane


Igheidal
present between plates
Exo cuticle is absent
mesocuticle
It is flexible
prevent dehydration
the attachment of Mules
provide surface for
secrete cuticle
Epidermis

in
Factoring
far
ii IN
veinsuses

Lines
Unthroidal
tech 1mg membrane
typignathows
axis
But right angles to the longitudinal
of the body

t.EE t

Clypeus
oesophagus Aorta
frakes nervechord
passes through
occipitalforamen
Appendages Ahead
i
Fiestaof
segments

thy
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compound eyes
i 141 appendages
I Smell

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located in 2nd
segment a
satan sense

Tactile send
a ta
Dan site
men
7
1 1,1 clypeus
mouthparts
paired y
muscles

chitin Jh Efferent
hold I I
segment sadist
4th
grdo
stipes
palpiter
Galea
maxi't e lacinea I spijs
palps
a sigil
Bix
contain Gustatory
Labrum Tastes food sensillal

Tandible Grind the food 4ᵗʰ segment


Saliva secretion
Hypopharynx

Matyped fake segment


Labial smell
palps
taste
f ITphannxties in the cavity enclosed by
mouthparts

Antennae

Latchal view of
cockroach head
Head is connected to thorax by
hey neck is
flexible.tt
edggifs
Made up A 3 Segments
THORAX
sclerite of the body
largest
pronotum
Prothorax
mean

Metamora
I II
Each segment is covered by fourscterity

Dorsal sclerite notum on tergites


tergum sternites
Vent eel sclerite sternums
D
Lateral sclerites Fleay iffy
thorax consists of 3
pairs of legs and two pairs of
wings
3 pain
Lege Located in thorax
jointed
Each leg consists of 5 podomenes

Contain Striated Mashes Smallest


in
P
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Broad
I
strongest

Longest
Chinous
bristles
plantulae
smooth selfie
Tarsomere
plantulae E claws
L Ano am I to move
on Roush
Pflarsus pulvinus
Trochanter Femur Tibia
surface
coxa Tarsus
Cursorial locomotion

jointed legs
with the help of
2 tripods Each tripod

foreleg
Pu
Pivot
fore af middle
leg of
middleleg ush Hindley
P other side
Hindleg of one side

movement
Zigzag
Meso thoracic wings
Wings s
zp ae.ee
metathoracic wings
Poo

mist
a T 2

List veins Dthk


membranal a leathery
enervures
tagnsoadf.it
g eoteI
Hindwings
qq.ge
can fly over Shdt distance
Cockroach

Abdomen
Abdomen is made up of 10 Segments
sternum is absent in lot segment
Male male

1 10 10 10
o le o
tergum
J Female female
Eth
Arius 10
O
LO
0

Anal present in both males and


cerci females

Sensoly
I paid Attached to 10th Segment

in These ale jointed filamentous Stankey


nature

And Istyles caudal styles SH


segment
present only
go.tk UnJoinledth
kadiasteiukeeg
in males
A male is distinguished from female by the

cadd
presence of styles
in the 10ᵗʰ tergum of males
Anus is present and
BROOD POUCH females
in

fY tmal .IE
n in females is
and 9
Blood pouch in males
dorsally bounded by
formed by
It 8

Steena 9ᵗʰ10ᵗʰ terga and


spermati
materials utterly bounded by

9ᵗʰ sternum

if
to tergum
III
a Fgi f man
the

7ᵗʰ sternum is boat tergum Any


Yargest
storm
shaped 9ᵗʰ sternum bears male
8ᵗʰ stanum bears gonopole
female gonopose Dorsal anus vent
Digestive system I cockroach
Alimentary Canal
consists of y
Digestive Glands

it crop

Gin

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midget

a
colon

Hind Ames

ale
EYE
internally lined by
Foregut and Hindgut
ectoderm cuticle
lined by cuticle internally
Midgut is not
III II
Eigil
Storesfood
arm
and
End EE
circuttmasies
a

outer circles musty


Gissold contain
and inns teeth cuticle

Gastric caecae
Hepaticcaecal
present between and
6 8 in namsee foregutmidgut
diverticula
Finger shaped
Secrete digestive Enzymes
secrete peritrophic membrane
Midget Internally lined by Endoderm
occur
vettigestion and absorption can
and Hindgut
sphincter is present between midgut
to midgut
It is broad compared

Ight Formation of faeces


from undigested Matter
Absorption of water
with rectal papillae 6
Faecal pellets sent out through
any

Tissues are directly bathed in blood

diaphragm
Dorsal

i as
i

pain

in
Asset
13thchadd Blooddoes
not contain
Respiratory pigment
Blood is colorless due to the absence of Respiratory

3 Chambers
pigment
Heat 13 Chambers thorax
I
I 10 chamber Abdomen
poster'd Chambers
chamber
opens into anterior
from
flows i

t.IE
Aorta opens into head sinus
heat through ostia fgÉÉ
Blood enter the

ostia as sent
in 13th
Ifan shaped
Chamber 12 pairs

Movementof blood is
Haemo call fromposterior to anterior
is the dined in the heat
functional
body cavity in

cocktail Bloodvessels all


nottergum
poorlydeveloped
Ari
Fatbodies corporaadiosa
Located in the Haemocoel

Fat bodies are


analogous to lives

bacteria
Mycetocytes a symbiotic

Enate cells.ttioiisd in storage


excretion Yogicaid

Tracheal system

parts of tracheal system


Spiracles Stigmata
MW I
Trachea
É

É
located on plane
fogypairs
Spiracles a
d d
these are
in
sides
a in g
sphinctered pain abdomen
poses Those
Iffy
Trachea
gpperiteme
59
fE IEQ.im
The spiracles
pleural plate

All are functional hence it is

polynenstic tracheal system because it


contains 10 pails of spiracles
Teen
Teaches

i 7

Asim
Toracheddfluid
Tracheoles ale made up of Trachein
Tracheoles ale intracellular branches

Exchange of Gases occur at tracheole


level
Teach old fluid concentration

depends on metabolic rate

Cockroach Shows discontinuous Ventilation

Schizo colour of cockroach is confined to

reproduce organs

absent in
are
Spiracles
and 9,10 Segments of
prothorax
abdomen Cockroach

Inspiration Expiration Active


paS
Thoracic spiracle Thoracic Spiracly
closed
open
Abdominal spirally Abdominal spiracles
closed open
i

1
6 8 Bundles
located between

EFFI I midgut ofidndgut

FIT É midget

a D P
gigged
I Distanalt

Malpighian
tubules all
blunt Ended
cockroach excrete
uricacid

Malpighian titles open into Ilene


Each tubule is lined by glandular
malpighian
and ciliatedcelly

proximal put pot


i
Distf
C
Malpighian tubules involved in Excretion
at

and osmoregulation
Nervoussystemincockroach

i
Itt

gg
gggi

Labrum Taste

and
INS consists of axing nerds
Nerverings It is present around oelahgus
hence it is called circum oesophageal
here sing
I
phased ganglia supplies heres to
p and Eyes and A le

Mere rig is made up of

supra oesophageal
ganglia
Is oesophageal onnectives
ganglia lateral nerves
Brain d
d motor Recurgee
sensory and centre my

tn.ia
Endocrine centre

nasasii.ai
mouthparts wings legs t1t
am
Seg
fused
waged b
gasgained I II

joined 3 ganglia 6 ganglia in


longitudinal
connectives
region
anemia region
I
I 4 gaglia located in Yegments

orest 5th ganglia in 6th segment


Ans moment 7h
s 6th abdominal ganglia in

Hindgut
µ and
of heat segment
6th ganglia is the largest
abdominal ganglia

Ganglia are absent in 5th 84 914 and 104abdomin


Segments
Ans Regulate movements of Gut and
Heart
Sense organs
A
Dalk

Small

wound
super
image
I
Blurriture

units a photoÉ ammatidia


Éae
Units of chemoreceptors are Sensible
Units of mechanoreceptors ale Scolopedia

ly
P
OMMATIDIUM

Sheek
i
t
vitrillae
i

E
Rhabdome

Sheath

T Basement

khat
Reproduction
in cockroach

Diecious unisexual Gono choric


Sexual Dimorphism

ME
And styles present ÉF
Winge extend beyond wings upt
abdomen
abdomen
N allow abdomen A Broad abdomen
Bootshaped 7thsternum

I cord abdomen

U breviores
u
majores

L
V2 R
Art
Testis produe Sperms
are stored in the
Spurns spermatophores
seminal vesicle until copulation in mates
Males possets asymmetrical 3 phallomeres
Gohapophyses
in gth Steinem

titilator and pseudopenis are the

parts of left phalcomere


and E
be ale the poets
Ito
of night phallomene
beats he
vented phallomele

phalcomcees helps in copulation


spermatophore 3 MM
phallic Gland

sines
I3 Esaculary duty

many
Non
Utbrevides
Brood pouch in males formed by and
9 to
terga
9th sternum Anus opens into brood pouch
in males not in
females
female reproductive system

I
gt

top

tDirect
Each ovary contains
Developing
fans men
on Hi Germain
ova
vitellarium
Matheus
e all located
A pair of spermatheca

FILE
in 6th segment Gaitan
m
Filament
I F
Gonopore

Brood Gonapophyses

II11 ja
spermated
apache
I collateral
spermatheca a papilla glands
aperture
in females
3 pails
Gonapophyses
18th and gits
segments
Fuchs ad

Copulation EI
ovi deposition

Next to last nymphal stage contain wing pads

Lathes acts as
med vets.tt iI
Male transfer the spermatophores

on to the of female
spermatheca
during copulation
chance
occur in to genital
Fertilisation
Internal
of blood pouch

ootheca is secreted around fertilised


collateral
Eggs in te vestibule by
gland
One ootheca Contain 14 16 fertilised Eggs

On an average a female can produce

9 10 ootheca
a Extend inside Gotha
Develop ant is
Direct Nymph
paurometabolus

Nymph undergo 13 MonttingfEcdysis


chamber
Genital

vestibular

714 16 fertilised

reddish
to 1 Eggs zygote

Dark brow About 3 8


blackish
capsule E.M 8 mml
J
Zygote Nymph It adult

Nymphs Adult
Small Lage
wing pads wings
Immature Sexually Mature

Moulting shedding of cuticle


O's 05030305080 08050

o 8
wings
y
Adt
Gonopone
CETodpouts 3 Gon

Lesions
in males is
apophyses

And
And styles

Gonopone

Boltonin females
is associated
Gonapophysy
spermatheca pose
collateral glands

Antena part of the brood pouch in


fonopone
females contain spermatheid pose
g

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