Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Martialinae (Subfamily) C. Rabeling et al., 2008

Subsequent entries

†Ypresiomyrma (Genus) S.B. Archibald et al., 2006

Ref: Baroni Urbani, 2008: 6. [assumed]

Current position

Vespoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802

Ref: J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla, 1999

Alternative positions

Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 606.
Formicoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 675.

Historical positions

Aculeata (Series) Latreille, 1802	Ref: Z. Liu et al., 2007: 47.
Aculeata ([unranked]) Latreille, 1802	Ref: M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi, 2005: 4, 5. [indirect]
Vespoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla, 1999
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1998: 22 Mar 2008.
Formicoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 675.
Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 606.
Formicoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	291g;12,043s;1753ss;1v; †88g;560s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Dec 2013	[290g;12,000s; †88g;560s]
2005	M.S. Engel & D.A. Grimaldi: 5	11,833s
1999	J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla	8800s
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.	240g;14,000s