Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda

Original position

Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 11.

Subsequent positions

Hexapoda (Subphylum) Latreille, 1825
Uniramia (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1935

Original entries

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Coleoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Diptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Hemiptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Lepidoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Neuroptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cercophora ([unranked])

Ref: G. Giribet & G.D. Edgecombe, 2020: 235. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 15.
Hexapoda (Subphylum) Latreille, 1825	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 20.
Hexapoda (Epiclass) Latreille, 1825	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 3.2.
Hexapoda (Superclass) Latreille, 1825	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 745.
Mandibulata (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 20.
Tracheata (Subphylum)	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Uniramia (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1935	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990

Historical positions

Hexapoda (Subphylum) Latreille, 1825	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 130).
Hexapoda (Subphylum) Latreille, 1825	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 20.
Hexapoda (Subphylum) Latreille, 1825	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 100.
Hexapoda (Epiclass) Latreille, 1825	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: tables 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, fig. 4.24.
organisms ([unranked])	Ref: A. Legakis & D. Murray, 2001: 323.
Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997 [indirect]
Hexapods ([unranked])	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Tracheata (Subphylum)	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Uniramia (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1935	Ref: 1995
Uniramia (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1935	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Hexapoda (Superclass) Latreille, 1825	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Tracheata (Subphylum)	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
Mandibulata (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Uniramia (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1935	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 326-328.
Mandibulata (Subphylum) Snodgrass, 1938	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 563-609; 324, 539.
Tracheata (Subphylum)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Arthropoda (Phylum) Siebold, 1848	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 15. [out of scope (coherent)]
Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 533-360[540].
Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 13, 339-344.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	31o;1051f;38,115g;100,339s;14,161ss;102v; ‡1g;46s;4ss; †15o;250f;885g;923s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	30o;750,000->1,000,000s; †11o;5000g
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 130)	180,621*ng;86,733[-142,040]*g; †4.3%g
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 20	[29o];1,070,781*[1,053,578]s; †[10o];17,203s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 100	1,020,007*[1,013,825]s; †6,182s
2005	D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel	[30o; †10o]
2000		747s
1998	Nomina - Table of Contents	[2sc31o]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~32o
1987	R.S. Boardman et al.	†~5,000g
1979-1984	R.C. van Caenegem et al.	~900,000s
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.	2sc;27[28]o;[970f];750,000->1,000,000s
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	25o>600f
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~900,000s
1989 (1975)	P. Smart	29o
1767	C. a Linné	[7o;86g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7o;74g;2110s;4v]