Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Amphiesmenoptera ([unranked])

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

Alternative positions

Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 699.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 596.
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

Historical positions

Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	Ref: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 699.
Amphiesmenoptera ([unranked])	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Amphiesmenoptera ([unranked])	Ref: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Ref: M. Chinery, 1997
Amphiesmenoptera (Superorder) Kiriakoff, 1948	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: G.B. Wiggins, 1982: 599-600.
Holometabola (Division)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 596, figs. 25-35A, C-G.
Mecopteria (Superorder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	46f;608g;68s;3ss; †12f;97g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	46f;610[608]g;12,627s; †7[12]f;78[97]g;488s
2013	Z.-Q. Zhang: 22	15,233*[14,548]s; †685s
2011	Z.-Q. Zhang: 101	14,999*[14,391]s; †608s
2003-2008	J.C. Morse: 26 Sep 2008	46f;610[608]g;12,627s; †7[12]f;78[97]g;488s
2004	G.B. Wiggins	~45f
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~7,000s
1982	G.B. Wiggins	3Sf40[39]f650g7000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	19f;4500s