Mecoptera

order of insects
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 (797 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 began on -299000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Mecoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mecoptera[10].
  • Mecoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Q14976334[11].
  • Mecoptera's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • Mecoptera's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Mecoptera's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14].
  • Mecoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schorpioenvliegen'}[15].
  • Mecoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'nebbfluer'}[16].
  • Mecoptera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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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'}[15] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'nebbfluer'}[16].

Identifiers

Mecoptera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49369[18]. Mecoptera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27420[19]. Mecoptera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 928[20]. Mecoptera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1000[21]. Mecoptera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114994[22].

Why It Matters

Mecoptera ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (797 views/month, #1,411 of 195,241).[2] Mecoptera has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Mecoptera is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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