Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969

Original entries

Asilus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Bombylius (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Conops (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Culex (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Hippobosca (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Musca (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Oestrus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Tabanus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
Tipula (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Halteria ([unranked])

Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.

Alternative positions

Antliophora ([unranked])	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 147.
Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969	Ref: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17.
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 599.
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Sugentia ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447.

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 701. [out of scope (coherent)]
Antliophora ([unranked])	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Halteria ([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.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Holometabola (Superorder)	Ref: D.J. Bickel, 1982: 563-564.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 599.
Mecopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Sugentia ([unranked])	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 969.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 584; 341.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	157f;2679g;3897s;41ss;6v; ‡3s; †2f;4g;11s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	157f;150,000s
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 22	160,591*[156,774]s; †3,817s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	159,294*[155,477]s; †3,817s
[1996]-2008	F.C. Thompson: 20 Jul 2006	[157f]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~150,000s
1982	D.J. Bickel	2so[124f]100,000-150,000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	138f;>85,000s
1767	C. a Linné	[10g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[10g;188s;2v]