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 (43,987 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 taxon author citation is recorded as Selys, 1854[20].
  • Anisoptera's homonymous taxon is recorded as Anisoptera[21].
  • Anisoptera's homonymous taxon is recorded as Anisoptera[22].
  • Anisoptera's P14607 is recorded as B6LCL[23].

Body

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[24]. Anisoptera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6962[25]. Anisoptera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2762968[26]. Anisoptera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 101594[27].

Why It Matters

Anisoptera ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,987 views/month, #353 of 195,241).[2] Anisoptera has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Anisoptera is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [26] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · John Tann · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ban', 'bat_smg', 'bcl', 'be', 'bjn', 'bn', 'ca', 'cd
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P171]]: [[Q25375]]"
  2. 5w ago · John Tann · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range map image → Anisoptera distribution map.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P181]]: Anisoptera distribution map.svg"
  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dragonflies
    Gbif taxon id → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: dragonflies, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932370|dragonflies (#289932370)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 13w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gbif taxon id → —
    Fauna europaea new id → —
    P14607 → B6LCL
    Taxon author citation → Selys, 1854
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14607]]: B6LCL"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0380791-sidla
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0380791-sidla, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  6. 20w 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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