living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Orthopterodea see Order Orthoptera Olivier, 1789
                     Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 - mantids and praying mantids
                       1 Family Chaeteessidae Handlirsch, 1926
                       2 Family Metallyticidae Chopard, 1949
                       3 Family Mantoididae Giglio-Tos, 1927
                       4 Family Eremiaphilidae
                       5 Family Amorphoscelididae
                       6 Family Hymenopodidae Chopard, 1949
                       7 Family Empusidae (Burmeister, 1838)
                       8 Family Mantidae Latreille, 1802 - praying mantis