Q135 / 180 · NEET 2018 · Zoology
Which of the following features is used to identify a male cockroach from a female cockroach?
- AForewings with darker tegmina
- Correct answerBPresence of caudal styles
- CPresence of a boat shaped sternum on the abdominal segment
- DPresence of anal cerci
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.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.