Sympetrum

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q41447
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Sympetrum

Summary

Sympetrum is a taxon[1]. Sympetrum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month, #1,616 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sympetrum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sympetrum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sympetrum is classified within Libellulidae[5].
  • Sympetrum belongs to the parent taxon Sympetrinae[6].
  • Sympetrum's scientific name is Sympetrum[7].
  • Sympetrum's Commons category is recorded as Sympetrum[8].
  • Sympetrum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sympetrum[9].
  • Sympetrum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Heidelibellen'}[10].

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Classification

Sympetrum's scientific name is Sympetrum[7]. Sympetrum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Libellulidae[5] and Sympetrinae[6]. Sympetrum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Heidelibellen'}[10].

Identifiers

Sympetrum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51556[11]. Sympetrum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6968[12]. Sympetrum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15942[13]. Sympetrum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1428195[14]. Sympetrum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 101976[15].

Why It Matters

Sympetrum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month, #1,616 of 195,241).[2] Sympetrum has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Sympetrum is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . World Odonata List. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of
    Parent taxon Libellulidae, Sympetrinae
    Instance of taxon
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553675305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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