Anisoptera

suborder of insects with long strong bodies and two pairs of wings
Taxon taxon Q80066
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Anisoptera

Summary

Anisoptera is a taxon[1]. Anisoptera ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,183 views/month, #353 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Anisoptera's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Anisoptera is classified at the rank of suborder[4].
  • Anisoptera belongs to the parent taxon Odonata[5].
  • Anisoptera is classified within Neoanisoptera[6].
  • Anisoptera belongs to the parent taxon Epiprocta[7].
  • Anisoptera's scientific name is Anisoptera[8].
  • Anisoptera is a type of Pterygota[9].
  • Anisoptera's Commons category is recorded as Anisoptera[10].
  • Anisoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dragonflies[11].
  • Anisoptera's Commons gallery is recorded as Anisoptera[12].
  • Anisoptera's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • Anisoptera's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Anisoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dragonflies'}[15].
  • Anisoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'libeller'}[16].
  • Anisoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'raznokrili kačji pastirji'}[17].
  • Anisoptera's different from is recorded as Zygoptera[18].
  • Anisoptera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • Anisoptera's homonymous taxon is recorded as Anisoptera[20].
  • Anisoptera's homonymous taxon is recorded as Anisoptera[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Anisoptera is Anisoptera[8]. Anisoptera is classified at the rank of suborder[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Odonata[5], Neoanisoptera[6], and Epiprocta[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dragonflies'}[15], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'libeller'}[16], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'raznokrili kačji pastirji'}[17].

Identifiers

Anisoptera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47927[22]. Anisoptera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6962[23]. Anisoptera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2762968[24]. Anisoptera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9747581[25]. Anisoptera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 101594[26].

Why It Matters

Anisoptera ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,183 views/month, #353 of 195,241).[2] Anisoptera has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Anisoptera is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . bechly.lima-city.de. Retrieved . bechly.lima-city.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [25] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Odonata, Neoanisoptera, Epiprocta
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of
    Subclass of Pterygota
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38075, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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