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Carabidae

family of beetles which are almost or completely flightless and usually carnivorous
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Carabidae

Summary

Carabidae is a taxon[1]. Carabidae ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month, #1,391 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carabidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carabidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Carabidae belongs to the parent taxon Caraboidea[5].
  • Carabidae belongs to the parent taxon Adephaga[6].
  • Carabidae's scientific name is Carabidae[7].
  • Carabidae is used for biological pest control[8].
  • Carabidae's Commons category is recorded as Carabidae[9].
  • -250000000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Carabidae[10].
  • Carabidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carabidae[11].
  • Carabidae's main food source is recorded as larva[12].
  • Carabidae's main food source is recorded as Gastropoda[13].
  • Carabidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Loopkevers'}[14].
  • Carabidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'løpebiller'}[15].
  • Carabidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '步甲科'}[16].
  • Carabidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ground beetles'}[17].
  • Carabidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'carabids'}[18].
  • Carabidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Classification

Carabidae's scientific name is Carabidae[7]. Carabidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Caraboidea[5] and Adephaga[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Loopkevers'}[14], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'løpebiller'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '步甲科'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ground beetles'}[17], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'carabids'}[18].

Identifiers

Carabidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49567[20]. Carabidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41073[21]. Carabidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7467[22]. Carabidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3792[23]. Carabidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 109234[24].

Why It Matters

Carabidae ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month, #1,391 of 195,241).[2] Carabidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Carabidae is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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] ↑ . Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon rank → family
    Inception → -250000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1983746
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