Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Endopterygota (Subdivision) Sharp, 1899

Original entries

Apis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Cynips (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Formica (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Ichneumon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Mutella (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758, orth. inval.
Mutilla (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Sirex (Genus) C. Linnaeus, 1761
Sphex (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Tenthredo (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

†Avitomyrmex (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006		Ref: Baroni Urbani, 2008: 6. [assumed]
†Macabeemyrma (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006		Ref: Baroni Urbani, 2008: 6. [assumed]
†Myrmeciites (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006		Ref: Baroni Urbani, 2008: 7. [assumed]

Current position

Hymenopterida (Superorder)

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

Alternative positions

Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Endopterygota (Subdivision) Sharp, 1899	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17. [implicit]
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 604.
Holometabola ([unranked])	Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Masticantia ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Hymenopterida (Superorder)	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Holometabola ([unranked])	Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Endopterygota (Subdivision) Sharp, 1899	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17. [implicit]
Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	Ref: R.W. Poole & P. Gentili, 1996-1997: 17. [misplaced]
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 652.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 604-605.
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Hymenopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Masticantia ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 917.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 553; 341.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	90f;5489g;12,792s;1772ss;1v; ‡1g; †35f;265g;667s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	90f;199,000s
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 22	155,517*[153,088]s; †2,429s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101 (incl. footnote 68)	118f;7,745g;116,861s; †89f;[>]789g
2005	M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi	90f;199,000s
2000		152s
1999	J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla	18[19]Sf;79[80]f;199,000s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	2so
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.	2so;[89f];130,000?s
1767	C. a Linné	[10g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8g;229s]