beetles

order of insects whose wings serve as a protective shell
Taxon taxon Q22671
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beetles

Summary

beetles is a taxon[1]. beetles ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,628 views/month, #366 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • beetles's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • beetles is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • beetles belongs to the parent taxon Endopterygota[5].
  • beetles is classified within Holometabola[6].
  • beetles is classified within Coleopterida[7].
  • beetles belongs to the parent taxon Coleopteroidea[8].
  • beetles's scientific name is Coleoptera[9].
  • beetles is a type of insect[10].
  • beetles's Commons category is recorded as Coleoptera[11].
  • beetles's temporal range start is recorded as Lopingian[12].
  • beetles began on -318000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • beetles's IPA transcription is recorded as ˌkoʊliˈɑptəɹə[14].
  • beetles's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coleoptera[15].
  • beetles's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • beetles's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • beetles's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • beetles's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • beetles's topic has template is recorded as Template:Coleoptera[20].
  • beetles is commonly known as Beetles[21].
  • beetles is commonly known as Coléoptère[22].
  • beetles is commonly known as ciaróg[23].
  • beetles is commonly known as biller[24].
  • beetles is commonly known as coleopteran[25].
  • beetles is commonly known as الخنافس[26].
  • beetles is commonly known as غمديات الأجنحة[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, beetles is Coleoptera[9]. beetles is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Endopterygota[5], Holometabola[6], Coleopterida[7], and Coleopteroidea[8]. Recorded taxon common name include Beetles[21], Coléoptère[22], ciaróg[23], biller[24], coleopteran[25], and الخنافس[26].

Identifiers

beetles's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7041[28]. beetles's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 345[29]. beetles's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1470[30]. beetles's ITIS TSN is recorded as 109216[31].

Why It Matters

beetles ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,628 views/month, #366 of 195,241).[2] beetles has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] beetles is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 814031
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  2. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C8376
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  3. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02166634-n
    Interlingual index id → i46841
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  4. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → beetles
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  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002798-brouci
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  6. 16w ago · Aschiff-emco · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress children's subject headings id → sj2021052352
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