living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Orthopterodea see Order Orthoptera Olivier, 1789
                     Order Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 - mantids and praying mantids
                       Family Mantidae Latreille, 1802 - praying mantis
                         01 Subfamily Orthoderinae
                         02 Subfamily Choeradodinae
                         03 Subfamily Liturgusinae
                         04 Subfamily Caliridinae
                         05 Subfamily Tarachodinae
                         06 Subfamily Vatinae (Stal, 1887)
                         07 Subfamily Oligonychinae
                         08 Subfamily Haaniinae
                         09 Subfamily Thespinae
                         10 Subfamily Deroplatyinae
                         11 Subfamily Phyllotheliinae
                         12 Subfamily Oxyothespinae
                         13 Subfamily Amelinae
                         14 Subfamily Angelinae
                         15 Subfamily Mantinae Latreille, 1802
                         16 Subfamily Sibyllinae
                         17 Subfamily Compsothespinae
                         18 Subfamily Iridopteryginae
                         19 Subfamily Schizocephalinae
                         20 Subfamily Photininae
                         21 Subfamily Toxoderinae