Brachinus

genus of bombardier beetle
Taxon taxon Q137381
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Brachinus

Summary

Brachinus is a taxon[1]. Brachinus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brachinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Brachinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Brachinus belongs to the parent taxon Brachininae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Brachinus is Brachinus[6].
  • Brachinus's Commons category is recorded as Brachinus[7].
  • Brachinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brachinus[8].
  • Brachinus's Commons gallery is recorded as Brachinus[9].
  • Brachinus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • Brachinus is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'prskavec'}[11].
  • Brachinus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bombardeerkevers'}[12].
  • Brachinus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Brachinus[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Brachinus is Brachinus[6]. Brachinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Brachinus is classified within Brachininae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'prskavec'}[11] and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bombardeerkevers'}[12].

Identifiers

Brachinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122211[14]. Brachinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 63841[15]. Brachinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15738[16]. Brachinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1035293[17]. Brachinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 111791[18].

Why It Matters

Brachinus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2] Brachinus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Brachinus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia
    Homonymous taxon Brachinus
    Taxon rank genus
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