Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Dictyoptera (Superorder) Latreille, 1829

Ref: G.W. Beccaloni & P. Eggleton, 2011: 199. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Dictyoptera (Subdivision) Latreille, 1829	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Dictyoptera (Subdivision) Latreille, 1829	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	17f;148g;125s; †1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Feb 2022	[17f]
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 21	8,643*[7,570]s; †1073s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101 (incl. footnote 60)	7,314s (incl. 2,692s of termites)
2011	G.W. Beccaloni & P. Eggleton: 199 (incl. footnote 2)	3Sf;[17f];7314s(4622 cockroaches, 2692 termites)