Concise hierarchy

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

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 (Division) Sharp, 1899
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Ref: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
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	Src: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2013: 22.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Src: Z.-Q. Zhang, 2011: 101.
Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969	Src: N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007: 701. [out of scope (coherent)]
Antliophora ([unranked])	Src: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 4.1.
Halteria ([unranked])	Src: M.F. Whiting, 2004: fig. 21.1F.
Endopterygota (Division) Sharp, 1899	Src: M. Chinery, 1997
Antliophora (Superorder) Hennig, 1969	Src: R.W. Poole et al., 1997: 17.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Src: 1995
Holometabola (Superorder)	Src: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neoptera (Subclass) Martynov, 1923	Src: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Holometabola (Superorder)	Src: D.J. Bickel, 1982: 563-564.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Src: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 226.
Holometabola (Division)	Src: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 599.
Mecopteria (Superorder)	Src: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Endopterygota ([unranked]) Sharp, 1899	Src: P. Smart, 1989 (1975): 16. [out of scope (coherent)]
Sugentia ([unranked])	Src: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 447.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Src: C. a Linné, 1767: 969.
Insecta (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Src: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 584; 341.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	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]