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Belostomatidae

family of insects
Taxon Q8356884

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
New International Encyclopedia[4]
Parent taxon
Nepomorpha[2]
Taxon common name
Giant Water Bugs[5]
Taxon name
Belostomatidae[3]
Taxon rank
family[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en toe-biters en alligator ticks en Belostomatidae en belostomatids en electric-light bugs en giant water bugs en Indian toe-biters en alligator fleas ar بق الضوء الكهربائي ar بقيات الماء الكبيرة ar عائلة بق الماء العملاق ar البقيات المائية الضارية de Belostomatidae de Riesenwanzen fa انگشت‌گز he רבפשפשיים ja コオイムシ科 ja タイコウチ科 ko 물장군과 nl Belostomatidae
🔖 Identifiers · 31
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Toe-Biter.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Belostomatidae
Australian Faunal Directory ID
BELOSTOMATIDAE
BOLD Systems taxon ID
160806
BioLib taxon ID
17091
BugGuide taxon ID
12796
Catalogue of Life ID
764
EPPO Code
1BELSF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
557
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/giant-water-bug
Fauna Europaea ID
12797
Fauna Europaea New ID
3b5b5398-6bc7-48a4-826b-a9b0f572daf8
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Fossilworks taxon ID
71382
Freebase ID
/m/08jj14
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
4305
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
belostomids
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0083926
INaturalist taxon ID
81570
IRMNG ID
104427
ITIS TSN
103683
Interlingual Index ID
i47292
J9U entity ID
987007283277505171
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
sj96006360
Library of Congress Classification
QL523.B4
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776165494
NCBI taxonomy ID
38099
Open Tree of Life ID
1012611
Plazi ID
A94D7D64-596F-7139-FF29-3B2BAB04F887
Topic's main category
Category:Belostomatidae
UMLS CUI
C1007274
Yale LUX ID
concept/8e7c484d-0fcc-46de-9f52-2176dca0381a

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 4
Abedus, Belostoma, Diplonychus, Horvathinia
Described by source 1
New International Encyclopedia
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Nepomorpha
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Belostomatidae
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Category:Belostomatidae
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Belostomatidae
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Nepomorpha
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