Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Archiperlaria (Suborder) J. Illies, 1960

Current position

Plecopterida (Superorder)

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: 589.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Neoptera (Division) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 16.
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

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Plecopterida (Superorder)	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 194-196, table 4.1, figs. 7.3, 7.6.
Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Neoptera (Division) Martynov, 1923	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: R.W. Baumann, 1982: 389.
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 589.
Plecopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16f;123g;650s; ‡1s; †8f;1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	16f;~2000s; †[8f]
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 21	3,833*[3,713]s; †120s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	3,788*[3,743]s; †45s
2005	D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel: 194	16f;~2000s; †[8f]
2000		3s; †1s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~1,600s
1982	R.W. Baumann	2so15f[251g1964s]
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	16f;1500s