Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

†Raptophasma (Genus) O. Zompro, 2001

Current position

Orthopterida (Superorder) Boudreaux, 1979

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

Alternative positions

Exopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Exopterygota ([unranked])	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 588.
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
Orthopteroida (Superorder)	Ref: D.K.McE. Kevan, 1977
Orthopteroidea (Superorder)

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 21.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Orthopterida (Superorder) Boudreaux, 1979	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1, fig. 7.3.
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: D.K.McE. Kevan, 1982: 352-353.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Hemimetabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 588.
Orthopteroida (Superorder)	Ref: D.K.McE. Kevan, 1977
Exopterygota ([unranked])	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.N. Caudell, 1912

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	48f;2699g;6751s;1229ss; †34f;287g;9s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[30f;~21,000s]
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 21	24,481*[23,830]s; †651s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	24,276*[23,855]s; †421s
2005	D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel	[30f;~21,000s]
2000		72s; †2s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~20,000s
1982	D.K.McE. Kevan	[2so64f]>18,000[-20,000]s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	50f;23,000s