taxonomy of groups to which insects belong the current page uses the following taxonomy kingdom tabanimalia phylum tabarthropoda subphylum tabmandibulata superclass tabhexapoda class tabinsecta linnaeus is cited as the source this is a rather outdated if influential source a look at other wikipedia articles suggests that a more modern and thorough classification would be kingdom animalia subkingdom eumetazoa unranked protostomia superphylum ecdysozoa unranked panarthropoda phylum arthropoda unranked tetraconata subphylum hexapoda class insecta if no one objects i will probably update the classification in this article soon