Belgica antarctica

species of midge endemic to Antarctica
Taxon taxon Q136577
Belgica antarctica
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Belgica antarctica

Summary

Belgica antarctica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month, #1,455 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Belgica antarctica is credited with the discovery of Emil Racoviță[3].
  • Belgica antarctica's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Belgica antarctica is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Antarctica is named after Belgica antarctica[6].
  • Belgica antarctica belongs to the parent taxon Belgica[7].
  • Belgica antarctica's scientific name is Belgica antarctica[8].
  • Belgica antarctica's Commons category is recorded as Belgica antarctica[9].
  • Belgica antarctica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Belgica antarctica[10].
  • Belgica antarctica's Commons gallery is recorded as Belgica antarctica[11].
  • Belgica antarctica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. antarctica'}[12].
  • Belgica antarctica's named by is recorded as Jean-Charles Jacobs[13].
  • Belgica antarctica's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Belgica_antarctica[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Belgica antarctica is Belgica antarctica[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Belgica[7].

Discovery and Description

Antarctica is named after Belgica antarctica[6]. Things named for it include Midge Lake[15], a lake[16].

Identifiers

Belgica antarctica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 353460[17]. Belgica antarctica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 315563[18]. Belgica antarctica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 722654[19]. Belgica antarctica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1446616[20].

Why It Matters

Belgica antarctica ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month, #1,455 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Entities named for it include Midge Lake[15], a lake[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Belgica
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Named after Antarctica
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