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Zygoptera

suborder of insects in the dragonflies and damselflies order (Odonata)
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Zygoptera

Summary

Zygoptera is a taxon[1]. Zygoptera ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,347 views/month, #1,080 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zygoptera's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Zygoptera is classified at the rank of suborder[4].
  • Zygoptera is classified within Odonata[5].
  • Zygoptera's scientific name is Zygoptera[6].
  • Zygoptera is a type of Pterygota[7].
  • Zygoptera's Commons category is recorded as Zygoptera[8].
  • Zygoptera began on -271000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Zygoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zygoptera[10].
  • Zygoptera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Damselflies[11].
  • Zygoptera's Commons gallery is recorded as Zygoptera[12].
  • Zygoptera's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[13].
  • Zygoptera's taxon synonym is recorded as Cephalozygoptera[14].
  • Zygoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Damselflies'}[15].
  • Zygoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Waterjuffers'}[16].
  • Zygoptera is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vannymfer'}[17].
  • Zygoptera's different from is recorded as Anisoptera[18].
  • Zygoptera's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02268853-n[19].
  • Zygoptera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

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Classification

Zygoptera's scientific name is Zygoptera[6]. Zygoptera is classified at the rank of suborder[4]. Zygoptera is classified within Odonata[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Damselflies'}[15], {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Waterjuffers'}[16], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vannymfer'}[17].

Identifiers

Zygoptera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47928[21]. Zygoptera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50488[22]. Zygoptera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2764228[23]. Zygoptera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4912242[24]. Zygoptera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 102042[25].

Why It Matters

Zygoptera ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,347 views/month, #1,080 of 195,241).[2] Zygoptera has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Zygoptera is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . The odonatan insects from the Paleocene of Menat, central France. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Start time → —
    Start time → -271000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Different from → Anisoptera
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6929, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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