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Metoecus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q11777871
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Summary

Metoecus is a taxon[1]. Metoecus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ripiphoridae[4]
  • Taxon name: Metoecus[5]
  • Commons category: Metoecus[6]

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Identifiers

Metoecus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 341762[7]. Metoecus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 295988[8]. Metoecus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3486425[9]. Metoecus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3267300[10].

Why It Matters

Metoecus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Metoecus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'fr', 'nl', 'no', 'pl', 'species', 'sv']
    Parent taxon → Ripiphoridae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (insecta) of the world id: 981638, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289683|batch #289683]]"
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