Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Condylognatha (Superorder) Börner, 1904

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

Alternative positions

Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Exopterygota ([unranked])	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 595.
Hemipterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Paraneoptera (Subdivision)	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16. [implicit]
Pareneoptera (Subdivision) nom. null.	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Condylognatha (Superorder) Börner, 1904	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Pareneoptera (Subdivision) nom. null.	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Hemipterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Hemipterodea (Superorder)	Ref: L.J. Stannard Jr., 1982: 415.
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 595.
Thysanopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Exopterygota ([unranked])	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9f;771g;183s; †5f;18g;5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Feb 2022	[9f; †5f]
1997-present	L. Mound: 13 Oct 2005	9[10]f;[775g]; †3[2]f;[24g]
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 21	6,091*[5,938]s; †153s
2013	L.A. Mound: 49	2so;14*(9)f;774g;5938s; †5f;57g;153s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	6,019*[5,864]s; †155s
2011	L.A. Mound: 201 (footnote 1)	9f;767g;5864s; †5f;47g;155s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~4,000s
1982	L.J. Stannard Jr.	2so5f[>545g]5000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	19f;4000s