Pterygota

subclass of insects
Taxon taxon Q22708
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Summary

Pterygota is a taxon[1]. Pterygota ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,530 views/month, #1,321 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: organisms known by a particular common name[3]
  • Taxon rank: subclass[4]
  • Parent taxon: Dicondylia[5], Paranotalia[6]
  • Taxon name: Pterygota[7]
  • Subclass of: insect[8]
  • Commons category: Pterygota[9]
  • Has part(s): animal wing[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pterygota[11]
  • Taxon common name: مکھّی[12], pterygotan[13], Fluginsekten[14], Geflügelte Insekten[15], Gevleugelde insecten[16], Pterigotos[17], Ptérygotes[18], крилаті комахи[19], krilate žuželke[20]
  • Studied by: entomology[21]
  • Homonymous taxon: Pterygota[22]

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Identifiers

Pterygota's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 184884[23]. Pterygota's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7496[24]. Pterygota's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2634372[25]. Pterygota's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9502664[26]. Pterygota's ITIS TSN is recorded as 100500[27].

Why It Matters

Pterygota has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Pterygota is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Revision of the giant pterygote insect Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalová-Peck, 1985 (Hydropalaeoptera: Bojophlebiidae) from the Carboniferous of the Czech Republic, with the first cladistic analysis of fossil palaeopterous insects. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . 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. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4UdN96
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0400703-kridlati
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0400703-kridlati, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 20w ago · Abillardoo · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → animal wing
    Parent taxon → Dicondylia, Paranotalia
    Instance of → taxon, organisms known by a particular common name
    Has parts → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q139935085 */"
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