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halteres

pair of small club-shaped insect organs
Class type of: appendage, animal organ Q1335456

Facts

2 properties
Instance of
sensory nervous system, organ type[4]
Subclass of
appendage, animal organ
🏷️ Also known as
en halteres ar أثقال cs halterae cs kyvadélka de Haltere de Schwingkölbchen es halterio fi Väristin fr haltère fr Haltere de l'insecte fr Haltère de l’insecte fr Haltères de l'insecte fr Haltères des insectes fr Haltères des mouches he בוכניות hu billér it Bilanciere ja 平均棍 ko 평균곤 nl Halter
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/haltere
Freebase ID
/m/0ch3f
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
svingkøller
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780900035

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
sensory nervous system
Named after 1
Strepsiptera
← Has part(s) of the class 1
Diptera
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Summary

halteres is a sensory nervous system[1]. halteres is a type of appendage[2] and animal organ[3].

Body

Influence

Things named for halteres include Strepsiptera[5], a taxon[6].

Why It Matters

Entities named for halteres include Strepsiptera[5], a taxon[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Trummler12 · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → appendage, animal organ
    Instance of → sensory nervous system, organ type
    "Created claim: Subclass of: animal organ, #temporary_batch_1793892883525"
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