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Which of the following insect has its scientific name as Blattaria ?
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- Beetle
- Cockroach
- Mosquito
- Butterfly
Correct Option: B
The term Blattaria comes from the Latin blatta, which simply means cockroach. It is the scientific name of cockroaches and refer to an order of medium to large-sized broadly oval flattened cursorial cockroaches. In some classifications, cockroaches are treated as belonging to the Blattodea sub-order of Blattaria order.