Myrmeleontidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q231439
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Summary

Myrmeleontidae is a taxon[1]. Myrmeleontidae ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,908 views/month, #230 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Neuroptera[4]
  • Taxon name: Myrmeleontidae[5]
  • Commons category: Myrmeleontidae[6]
  • Start time: -122000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Myrmeleontidae[8]
  • Commons gallery: Myrmeleontidae[9]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[10], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], The New Student's Reference Work[14]
  • Taxon common name: Mierenleeuwen[15], maurløver[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

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Identifiers

Myrmeleontidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49358[18]. Myrmeleontidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27427[19]. Myrmeleontidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 949[20]. Myrmeleontidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5471[21]. Myrmeleontidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 115093[22].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Myrmeleontidae include Formica Leo[23], a cinder cone[24], in France[25].

Why It Matters

Myrmeleontidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Myrmeleontidae is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for Myrmeleontidae include Formica Leo[23], a cinder cone[24], in France[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292643
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  2. 18w ago · ZorglubAB · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of life id → CB7N4
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Start time → —
    Start time → -122000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Taxon rank → family
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