Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Superphylum Articulata Cuvier see Supraphylum Articulata Cuvier
           Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
             Subphylum Tracheata
               Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
                 Subclass Pterygota Schott & Endl.
                   Superorder Hymenopteria
                     Order Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - ants, bees, and wasps
                       Suborder Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867
                         Infraorder Aculeata Latreille, 1802 see [unranked] Aculeata Latreille, 1802
                           Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 see Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802
                             Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 - ants
                               Subfamily Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1835