Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda

Insecta

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Class group names

*Apterygota*		taxonomically included in
*Dictyoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Embioptera*		taxonomically included in
*Hymenoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Lepidoptera*	Linnaeus, 1758	taxonomically included in
*Mecoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Megaloptera*		taxonomically included in
*Microcoryphia*		taxonomically included in
*Neuroptera*		taxonomically included in
*Odonata*		taxonomically included in
*Orthoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Phasmatodea*		taxonomically included in
*Phthiraptera*		taxonomically included in
*Plecoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Psocoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Pterygota*		taxonomically included in
*Raphidioptera*		taxonomically included in
*Siphonaptera*		taxonomically included in
*Strepsiptera*		taxonomically included in
*Thysanoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Trichoptera*		taxonomically included in
*Zygentoma*		taxonomically included in

Children

Apterygota
Dictyoptera
Embioptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Mecoptera
Megaloptera
Microcoryphia
Neuroptera
Odonata
Orthoptera
Phasmatodea
Phthiraptera
Plecoptera
Psocoptera
Pterygota
Raphidioptera
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
Thysanoptera
Trichoptera
Zygentoma

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
taxonomy source	Thorp, J. H.; Rogers, D. C. (2019). Keys to Palearctic Fauna. Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates. Volume IV. Academic Press, 920 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Kathirithamby, J. (2025). World Strepsiptera Database. Insecta. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1307

Taxonomic Coordinator. Insecta. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e1ed93e8-a324-41b1-bfe0-48ae4c2e0d58