Classification

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)

Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    Subphylum: Hexapoda

Class: Insecta (Insect)
    Subclass: Pterygota (Winged insects)
    Infraclass: Neoptera (Wing-folding insects)

Order: Mecoptera (Scorpionflies)

Family: Panorpidae (Common scorpionflies)

Genus: Panorpa

Species: Panorpa sigmoides

(ITIS Report 2011)