Cetonia aurata

species of beetle
Taxon taxon Q731970
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Cetonia aurata

Summary

Cetonia aurata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,695 views/month, #1,213 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cetonia aurata received the insect of the year[3].
  • Cetonia aurata's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Cetonia aurata is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Cetonia aurata is classified within Cetonia[6].
  • Cetonia aurata's scientific name is Cetonia aurata[7].
  • Cetonia aurata's Commons category is recorded as Cetonia aurata[8].
  • Cetonia aurata's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cetonia aurata[9].
  • Cetonia aurata's Commons gallery is recorded as Cetonia aurata[10].
  • Cetonia aurata's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Cetonia aurata's original combination is recorded as Scarabaeus auratus[12].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rose Chafer'}[13].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'zlatohlávek zlatý'}[14].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kultakuoriainen'}[15].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'hårgullbasse'}[16].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kruszczyca złotawka'}[17].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cetonia'}[18].
  • Cetonia aurata is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'zlata minica'}[19].

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Classification

Cetonia aurata's scientific name is Cetonia aurata[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Cetonia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rose Chafer'}[13], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'zlatohlávek zlatý'}[14], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kultakuoriainen'}[15], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'hårgullbasse'}[16], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kruszczyca złotawka'}[17], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cetonia'}[18].

Identifiers

Cetonia aurata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52402[20]. Cetonia aurata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 290679[21]. Cetonia aurata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 290531[22]. Cetonia aurata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1077829[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cetonia aurata include Guldbagge Awards[24], a group of awards[25], in Sweden[26], founded in 1964[27].

Why It Matters

Cetonia aurata ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,695 views/month, #1,213 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include Guldbagge Awards[24], a group of awards[25], in Sweden[26], founded in 1964[27].

FAQs

What awards did Cetonia aurata receive?

Honors received include insect of the year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . senckenberg.de. Retrieved . senckenberg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . UK Beetles. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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