Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
     Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
       Division Exopterygota Sharp, 1899
         Order Orthoptera Olivier, 1789 - locusts, katydids, crickets, grasshoppers
           Family Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902
             Genus Meconema Serville, 1831
               Meconema thalassinum (De Geer, 1773)