Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta

Current position

Dictyoptera (Superorder) Latreille, 1829

Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.

Alternative positions

Dictyoptera (Subdivision) Latreille, 1829	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Dictyoptera (Superorder) Latreille, 1829	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Dictyoptera (Subdivision) Latreille, 1829	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 347-348.
Blattia (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8f;33g;20s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	8f>320g1800s
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 21	2,447*[2,425]s; †22s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	2,400s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~1,800s
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.: 348	8f>320g1800s