Question

Why do honey bees and cockroaches are included in same phylum?

Answer 1

There are some features of honeybees and cockroaches which are common resulting in categorizing them under the same phylum, called Arthopoda.

The features are:

Triboplastic, means the body is made up of three layers and the body is divided in three regions and both show presence of coelom.

Answer 2

Reason why Honey bees and cockroaches are included in same phylum:

The Honey bees and cockroaches are included in same phylum due to the following reasons,

• Both honey bee and cockroach belongs to the phylum called as Arthropoda.
• They both are grouped under class Insecta.
• They both are insects.
• Their body is divided into three parts namely, “head, thorax and abdomen”.
• They have only 3 pairs of legs.
• They have head with “one pair of antennae”.