Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Dictyoptera (Superorder) Latreille, 1829

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

Alternative positions

Dictyoptera (Subdivision) Latreille, 1829	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 589.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Orthopteroidea (Superorder)

Historical positions

Dictyoptera (Superorder) Latreille, 1829	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
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
Orthopterodea (Superorder)	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 349-350.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 589-590, fig. 25-24.
Blattia (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6f;124g;92s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	6[-7]f;225g;2000s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~2,000s
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.: 350	6[-7]f;225g;2000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	6f;>2000s