Pterygota

subclass of insects
Taxon taxon Q22708
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Pterygota

Summary

Pterygota is a taxon[1]. Pterygota ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,149 views/month, #1,321 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pterygota's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pterygota's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[4].
  • Pterygota is classified at the rank of subclass[5].
  • Pterygota is classified within Dicondylia[6].
  • Pterygota is classified within Paranotalia[7].
  • Pterygota's scientific name is Pterygota[8].
  • Pterygota is a type of insect[9].
  • Pterygota's Commons category is recorded as Pterygota[10].
  • Pterygota comprises animal wing[11].
  • Pterygota's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pterygota[12].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'pnb', 'text': 'مکھّی'}[13].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pterygotan'}[14].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fluginsekten'}[15].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Geflügelte Insekten'}[16].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gevleugelde insecten'}[17].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pterigotos'}[18].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ptérygotes'}[19].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Pterigotos'}[20].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'крилаті комахи'}[21].
  • Pterygota is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'krilate žuželke'}[22].
  • Pterygota's studied by is recorded as entomology[23].
  • Pterygota's homonymous taxon is recorded as Pterygota[24].

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Classification

Pterygota's scientific name is Pterygota[8]. Pterygota is classified at the rank of subclass[5]. Recorded parent taxon include Dicondylia[6] and Paranotalia[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'pnb', 'text': 'مکھّی'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pterygotan'}[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fluginsekten'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Geflügelte Insekten'}[16], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gevleugelde insecten'}[17], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pterigotos'}[18].

Identifiers

Pterygota's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 184884[25]. Pterygota's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7496[26]. Pterygota's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2634372[27]. Pterygota's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9502664[28]. Pterygota's ITIS TSN is recorded as 100500[29].

Why It Matters

Pterygota ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,149 views/month, #1,321 of 195,241).[2] Pterygota has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Pterygota is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . 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.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [27] . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] . 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. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d 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
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