Anopheles

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q158597
Anopheles
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Anopheles

Summary

Anopheles is a taxon[1]. Anopheles ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,279 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Anopheles's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Anopheles is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Anopheles belongs to the parent taxon Anophelinae[5].
  • Anopheles's scientific name is Anopheles[6].
  • Anopheles's Commons category is recorded as Anopheles[7].
  • Anopheles's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Anopheles[8].
  • Anopheles's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[9].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Maláriaszúnyogok'}[10].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハマダラカ属'}[11].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'მალარიის კოღო'}[12].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Malariamygg'}[13].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Mosquito-da-malária'}[14].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Малярийные комары'}[15].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'Komar mrzličar'}[16].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Malariamyggor'}[17].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瘧蚊'}[18].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'widliszek'}[19].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Nolmustik'}[20].
  • Anopheles is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'komar mrzličar'}[21].
  • Anopheles's taxon author citation is recorded as Meigen, 1818[22].

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Classification

Anopheles's scientific name is Anopheles[6]. Anopheles is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Anopheles is classified within Anophelinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Maláriaszúnyogok'}[10], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハマダラカ属'}[11], {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'მალარიის კოღო'}[12], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Malariamygg'}[13], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Mosquito-da-malária'}[14], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Малярийные комары'}[15].

Identifiers

Anopheles's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 146949[23]. Anopheles's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7164[24]. Anopheles's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 54865[25]. Anopheles's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1650098[26]. Anopheles's ITIS TSN is recorded as 125956[27].

Why It Matters

Anopheles ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,279 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2] Anopheles has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Anopheles is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Atlas and catalogue of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Luxembourg. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . itis.gov. itis.gov. Provenance: 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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