Megachilidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q530200
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Megachilidae

Summary

Megachilidae is a taxon[1]. Megachilidae ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (682 views/month, #1,427 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Megachilidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Megachilidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Megachilidae belongs to the parent taxon bee[5].
  • Megachilidae is classified within Apoidea[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Megachilidae is Megachilidae[7].
  • Megachilidae's Commons category is recorded as Megachilidae[8].
  • Megachilidae began on -45000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Megachilidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Megachilidae[10].
  • Megachilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leaf-cutter Bees, Mason Bees, and allies'}[11].
  • Megachilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Buksamlarbin'}[12].
  • Megachilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'miesierkowate'}[13].
  • Megachilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'buksamlerbier'}[14].

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Classification

Megachilidae's scientific name is Megachilidae[7]. Megachilidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include bee[5] and Apoidea[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leaf-cutter Bees, Mason Bees, and allies'}[11], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Buksamlarbin'}[12], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'miesierkowate'}[13], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'buksamlerbier'}[14].

Identifiers

Megachilidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52777[15]. Megachilidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 124286[16]. Megachilidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7500[17]. Megachilidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7911[18]. Megachilidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154365[19].

Why It Matters

Megachilidae ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (682 views/month, #1,427 of 195,241).[2] Megachilidae has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Megachilidae is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] . Order Hymenoptera. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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