Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Hemipterodea (Superorder)

Original entries

Aphis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Chermes (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758, nom. illeg.
Cicada (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Cimex (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Coccus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Fulgora (Genus) Linnaeus, 1767
Mantis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Nepa (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Notonecta (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Thrips (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Blatta (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 687. [assumed]
Gryllus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 692. [assumed]

Current position

Condylognatha (Superorder) Börner, 1904

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

Alternative positions

Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 591.
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

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: 287-289, table 4.1.
Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Hemipterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Hemipterodea (Superorder)	Ref: J.A. Slater, 1982: 417.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 591-592.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 687.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 434; 341.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	133f;2080g;1181s;46ss;1v; ‡2s; †3f;2g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[74f];35,000s
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 21	104,165*[102,183]s; †1,982s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	103,590s
2005	D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel	4so
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~35,000s
1982	J.A. Slater: 417	[74f];35,000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	56f;40,000s
1767	C. a Linné	[12g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8g;197s]