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  1. Cryptocercus, genus Cryptocercusnoun

    cockroaches

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  1. Cryptocercus

    Cryptocercus is a genus of Dictyoptera (cockroaches and allies) and the sole member of its own family Cryptocercidae. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. These roaches are subsocial, their young requiring considerable parental interaction. They also share wood-digesting gut bacteria types with wood-eating termites, and are therefore seen as evidence of a close genetic relationship, that termites are essentially evolved from social cockroaches.Cryptocercus is especially notable for sharing numerous characteristics with termites, and phylogenetic studies have shown this genus is more closely related to termites than it is to other cockroaches.

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  1. cryptocercus

    Cryptocercus is a genus of wood-feeding cockroaches that are noted for their subsocial behavior, including extended parental care. They are primarily found in North America and East Asia. These insects live in colonies inside decaying logs and are known for harboring intracellular symbionts, similar to termites.

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  1. Cryptocercus

    Cryptocercus is a genus of Dictyoptera in the family Polyphagidae. It was earlier placed in a family of its own, the Cryptocercidae, of which this genus was the only member. Species are known as wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches. They are subsocial xylophagous insects, found in North America and Asia. There are 9 known species. Cryptocercus is especially notable for sharing numerous characteristics with termites, and phylogenetic studies have shown this genus is more closely related to termites than it is to other cockroaches. Cryptocercus sp., apart from having a common ancestor with termites, have been placed within the Polyphagidae based on molecular analysis, and they are even closer relatives of Therea sp.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cryptocercus in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cryptocercus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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