Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948

Original entries

Papilio (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Phalaena (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758, nom. rej.
Sphinx (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Amphiesmenoptera ([unranked])

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

Alternative positions

Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 699.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16.
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 596.
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Sugentia ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447.

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101; E.J. van Nieukerken: 212.
Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 699.
Amphiesmenoptera ([unranked])	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Amphiesmenoptera ([unranked])	Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
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: E.G. Munroe, 1982: 612-613.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 596-597.
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16.
Mecopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Sugentia ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 744.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 458; 341.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	133f;16,516g;67,344s;10,623ss;1v; ‡21s;4ss; †4f;55g;13s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 14 Mar 2013	[133f]
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 22	158,570*[158,423]s; †147s
2011	E.J. van Nieukerken et al.: 212	4so;15,578[15,528]g;157,424[157,338]s; †50g;86s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	157,424*[157,338]s; †86s
2007	N.P. Kristensen et al.: 746	[124f]
2000		246s; †38s
1998b	J.B. Heppner: 59	[4so;124f]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~120,000s
1989	O. Shields	150,000-200,000s
1982	E.G. Munroe: 613	5so;[137f]
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	118f;112,000s
1989 (1975)	P. Smart	~140,000s
1767	C. a Linné	[3g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3g;542s;2v]