insect

Summary

insect is a taxon^[1]. insect ranks in the top 0.097% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,959 views/month, #189 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• insect's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• insect is classified at the rank of subclass^[4].
• insect is classified at the rank of class^[5].
• insect is classified within Hexapoda^[6].
• insect's scientific name is Insecta^[7].
• insect is a type of arthropod^[8].
• insect is used for entomophagy^[9].
• insect is used for insect trade^[10].
• insect is used for insect farming^[11].
• insect's Commons category is recorded as Insecta^[12].
• insect began on -400000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• insect's IPA transcription is recorded as ɪnˈsɛktə^[14].
• insect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Insecta^[15].
• insect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Insects^[16].
• insect's Commons gallery is recorded as Insecta^[17].
• insect's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature^[18].
• insect's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Insects^[19].
• insect's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[20].
• insect's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• insect's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• insect's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• insect's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• insect's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[25].
• insect's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• insect's topic has template is recorded as Template:Orders of Insects^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, insect is Insecta^[7]. Recorded taxon rank include subclass^[4] and class^[5]. insect is classified within Hexapoda^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '昆虫纲'}^[28], {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Insekte'}^[29], {'lang': 'an', 'text': 'Inseuto'}^[30], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'حشرة'}^[31], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Inseutu'}^[32], and {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Насекоми'}^[33].

Identifiers

insect's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50557^[34]. insect's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 344^[35]. insect's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 216^[36]. insect's ITIS TSN is recorded as 99208^[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for insect include Insectoid^[38] and Insect-class gunboat^[39], a watercraft class^[40], founded in 1915^[41].

Why It Matters

insect ranks in the top 0.097% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,959 views/month, #189 of 195,241).^[2] insect has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] insect is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for insect include Insectoid^[38] and Insect-class gunboat^[39], a watercraft class^[40], founded in 1915^[41].