Curculionidae

family of weevils
Taxon taxon Q7415384
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Summary

Curculionidae is a taxon[1]. Curculionidae ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,623 views/month, #1,438 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Curculionoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Curculionidae[5]
  • Commons category: Curculionidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Curculionidae[7]
  • Described at URL: http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/biota_details.aspx?OrderID=25407&BiotaID=26524&PageID=families[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[12]
  • Taxon common name: Snuitkevers[13], snutebiller[14], 象甲科[15], true weevils[16], snout beetles[17], curculionids[18], ryjkowcowate[19], słoniki[20], pravi rilčkarji[21]
  • Different from: pipe[22]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 48736[23], 373898[24], 507383[25], 500985[26], 500989[27], and 500987[28]. Curculionidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7042[29]. Curculionidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5240[30]. Curculionidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4239[31]. Curculionidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114666[32].

Why It Matters

Curculionidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Curculionidae is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Curculionoidea
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