Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 469.

Current position

Antliophora ([unranked])

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

Alternative positions

Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 595.
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Mecopterida ([unranked])	Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Antliophora ([unranked])	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Mecopterida ([unranked])	Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969	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: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 555-556.
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 595.
Mecopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9f;21g;15s; †1f;1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	9f;30g;470s
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 22	769*[400]s; †369s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	757s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	<500s
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.: 556	3so;8[-9]f;30[29]g;470s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	5f;400s