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Taxon: Order Neuroptera Linnaeus, 1758 - lacewings (insect)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Neuropterida (Superorder)

Original entries

Ephemera (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Hemerobius (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Libella (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Libellula (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Myrmeleon (Genus) Linnaeus, 1767
Panorpa (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Phryganea (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Raphidia (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Neuropterida (Superorder) Ref: M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi, 2007: 2.

Alternative positions

Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Holometabola (Superorder) Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Holometabola (Division) Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 595.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923 Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Neuropterida ([unranked]) Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Neuropterida (Superorder) Ref: M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi, 2007: 2, 8.
Neuropterida (Superorder) Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 341, table 4.1.
Neuropterida ([unranked]) Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899 Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Neuropterida + Coleoptera ([unranked]) Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17.
Holometabola (Superorder) Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923 Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Holometabola (Superorder) Ref: C.S. Henry, 1982: 470-471.
Holometabola (Division) Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 595.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 901.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 343, 543; 341.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 17f;135g;152s; ‡2s; †10f;57g;97s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 17f;4000s; †10f
2013 Z.-Q. Zhang: 22 5,937*[5,468]s; †469s
2011 Z.-Q. Zhang: 101 5,868s
2005 D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel [17f; †10f]
2003 A. Nel et al. 17f;4000s; †10f
1990 R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca >4,700s
1982 C.S. Henry 3so21f4500s
1979 T.I. Storer et al. 23f;4700s
1767 C. a Linné [7g]
1758 C. Linnaeus [6g;60s]
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