Mecoptera

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Taxon taxon Q205301
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Mecoptera

Summary

Mecoptera is a taxon[1]. Mecoptera ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,273 views/month, #1,411 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mecoptera's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mecoptera is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Mecoptera belongs to the parent taxon Antliophora[5].
  • Mecoptera is classified within Holometabola[6].
  • Mecoptera's scientific name is Mecoptera[7].
  • Mecoptera's Commons category is recorded as Mecoptera[8].
  • Mecoptera's temporal range start is recorded as Permian[9].
  • Mecoptera began on -299000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Mecoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mecoptera[11].
  • Mecoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Q14976334[12].
  • Mecoptera's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[13].
  • Mecoptera's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Mecoptera's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15].
  • Mecoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schorpioenvliegen'}[16].
  • Mecoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'nebbfluer'}[17].
  • Mecoptera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mecoptera is Mecoptera[7]. Mecoptera is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Antliophora[5] and Holometabola[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schorpioenvliegen'}[16] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'nebbfluer'}[17].

Identifiers

Mecoptera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49369[19]. Mecoptera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27420[20]. Mecoptera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 928[21]. Mecoptera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1000[22]. Mecoptera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114994[23].

Why It Matters

Mecoptera ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,273 views/month, #1,411 of 195,241).[2] Mecoptera has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Mecoptera is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el'
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  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46831
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  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Antliophora, Holometabola
    Start time → —
    Taxon rank → order
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    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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