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I'm trying to bring all animal genera up to featured article status alphabetically. My first was Apororhynchus (Animalia, Acanthocephala....), and I've got 5 more. But I have trouble with this one: Mediorhynchus. There are just too many species. I was thinking a box like this? Anyone have any ideas on a good format, or which columns I should use? A second table with the measurements for each species so you can sort by sizes? Mattximus (talk) 23:44, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Good luck when you get to Agrilus! (sorry I don't have a more helpful comment, I just thought the number of species listed there was funny) MossOnALog^Talk 00:28, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

(Funniest: Stenus: 3100+ species, according to the current Catalogue of Life download, taxonomicStatus = 'accepted') - Kweetal nl (talk) 05:07, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

More information Name, Taxonomy ...

Name	Taxonomy	Host(s) and Range	Diagnostic features
Mediorhynchus africanus Amin, Evans, Heckmann and El-Naggar, 2013[1]	The species name africanus is named for the worm's distribution across sub-Saharan Africa.[1] It is synonymous with Empodius segmentatus (de Marval, 1902) Southwell et MacFie, 1925 and Mediorhynchus selengensis Harris 1973.[2]	The Helmeted guineafowl is found in Kruger National Park (South Africa), Morocco, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Distribution map of the Yellow-necked spurfowl	A dorsoventrally flattened, pseudo-segmented trunk bears numerous sensory pits. The proboscis is covered in 18–22 longitudinal rows of 4–6 hooks, and terminates in two conspicuous apical pores. In females, the posterior extremity is expanded and forms a dorsal, dome-shaped terminal projection situated opposite the subterminal gonopore. The eggs are comparatively large.[2]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:59, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I am reviewing Draft:Meandrina jacksoni and I have a question about the taxobox. Why does the taxobox display no taxonomic ranks between the phylum and the genus?

I'm a chemist, not a zoologist, but I know what the hierarchy is in biology. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:05, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't know the exact reason, but it was related to the fact that that was a manual taxobox. I converted it to the more commonly used speciesbox, and now it's displaying normally. Chess enjoyer (talk) 02:19, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Sometimes it isn't necessary to know what caused a problem if you know how to fix it. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:47, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

The parameter names were wrong. The {{taxobox}} uses Latin names for ranks, so |phylum= and |genus= were valid parameter names, but it needed to use |classis=, |ordo= and |familia= for the intermediate ranks.  —  Jts1882 | talk  05:56, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

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I'm wondering if anyone would like to comment on a new format I'm developing for acanthocephalan genera. If you have any time and interest, let me know what you think of the table especially: Apororhynchus. Mattximus (talk) 17:31, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

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Flying and gliding animals contains 20 or 30 instances of improperly formatted taxonomic terms. I've fixed a couple of these but others are left.

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