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Ontholestes

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1224763
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Ontholestes

Summary

Ontholestes is a taxon[1]. Ontholestes ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ontholestes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ontholestes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ontholestes is classified within Staphylinina[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ontholestes is Ontholestes[6].
  • Ontholestes's Commons category is recorded as Ontholestes[7].

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Classification

Ontholestes's scientific name is Ontholestes[6]. Ontholestes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ontholestes belongs to the parent taxon Staphylinina[5].

Identifiers

Ontholestes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47945[8]. Ontholestes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 66335[9]. Ontholestes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2925044[10]. Ontholestes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4437460[11].

Why It Matters

Ontholestes ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2] Ontholestes has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Ontholestes is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . 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. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Staphylinina
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 290901
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 290901, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269482|batch #269482]]"
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