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Insecta (insect)

Insecta

Taxonomy
Insecta was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Insecta by Martens et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Animalia by Latreille (1802); to Mandibulata by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Arthropoda by Zhang (1989), Martens et al. (2005); to Cercophora by Misof et al. (2014); and to Hexapoda by Carpenter (1992), Vera et al. (2023).

Subtaxa
Acera, Aetophlebiopsis, Agmatozoon, Anebos, Anisorhynchus lapideus, Anthophorites gaudryi, Anthracocorides, Aphis plana, Apterodicera, Apterygota, Archaeognatha (syn. Microcoryphia), Aspidothorax dubius, Atelopteron, Bifarius, Bifarius comptae, Bittacus reticulatus, Blattaria, Blattaria dunckeri, Campeulites, Carabus winkleri, Caririephemera, Caririephemera marquesi, Cercopidium schaefferi, Cercopis prisca, Chauliodites minor, Cheilosia dubia, Chrysopa solenhofensis, Cicada proserpina, Corixa mortua, Corrodentia, Cricolia, Cyclocoris, Cyclocoris pinguis, Dicondylia, Dictyocicada, Dimeretes, Dytiscomorphus, Elasmoscolex, Entomoolithidae, Entomoothecichnidae, Eoblattida (syn. Protoblattoidea, Paraplecoptera), Ephemera deposita, Ephemera meyeri, Epimetrophora, Flata haidingeri, Forficularia problematica, Furcapartus, Glossata, Griphoconion, Griphologus, Gymnopleurus eocaenicus, Gyrophlebia, Gyrophlebia longicollis, Hebeitermes, Hebeitermes weichangensis, Hemerobius fossilis, Hemerobius higginsi, Hukouscytina, Hydroporus petefractus, Hypatocephala, Hypatocephala rugosa, Ideloblatta, Ideloblattidae, Idomastotermes, Idomastotermes mysticus, Insectichnus, Kustia, Lepismatona, Leptura primigenia, Libellulium kaupii, Longipedia, Lygaeites priscus, Meganeura vischerae, Meloe bavaricus, Mesonotoperla, Mesorhagiophryne, Mesorhagiophryne incerta, Mesorhagiophryne robustus, Mesosialis, Microceratops, Monilipartus, Mourloniella, Mourloniella solenhofensis, Myriapoda, Nematus cretaceus, Neurostena, Oligometabola, Oocephalina, Orthophlebia minuta, Palaeodictyopteron anglicanum, Palaeodictyopteron latipenne, Palaeodictyopteron mazonum, Palaeotermes, Palaeovelia, Paracridites, Paroryssus suspectus, Permarrhaphidae, Permetatoridae, Permodictyoptera, Permoponopterix, Phaneroptera striata, Phthanocoris, Phytophtirites, Platycorion, Plecopterodea, Plecopteroidea, Pseudoacridites, Pseudochauliodites, Pterodicera, Pterygogenea, Rambouskia, Saperdites cristallosus, Seirolarva, Sinonemoura, Strongylocephalus, Strongylocephalus charactis, Sypharopteroidea, Taotieichnus, Termes fossilis, Termes grandaevus, Termes peccanae, Termitidiopsis, Thysanura, Tipularia teyleri, Tomeferusa, Triadosialis, Trimerocephalium, Ulonata, Velia bouatia, Xiphenax
Sister taxa
Glossata, Pterygogenea, Ulonata