Elateridae

family of beetles
Taxon taxon Q28457
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Elateridae

Summary

Elateridae is a taxon[1]. Elateridae ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,665 views/month, #1,272 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elateridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Elateridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Elateridae is classified within Elateroidea[5].
  • Elateridae's scientific name is Elateridae[6].
  • Elateridae's Commons category is recorded as Elateridae[7].
  • Elateridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elateridae[8].
  • Elateridae's topic's main category is recorded as Q8946697[9].
  • Elateridae's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[10].
  • Elateridae's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Elateridae's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Elateridae's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[13].
  • Elateridae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Elateridae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Elateridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kniptorren'}[16].
  • Elateridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'smellere'}[17].
  • Elateridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '叩甲科'}[18].
  • Elateridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pokalice'}[19].
  • Elateridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Жуки щелкуны'}[20].
  • Elateridae's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[21].

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Classification

Elateridae's scientific name is Elateridae[6]. Elateridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Elateridae belongs to the parent taxon Elateroidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kniptorren'}[16], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'smellere'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '叩甲科'}[18], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pokalice'}[19], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Жуки щелкуны'}[20].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 53248[22] and 373783[23]. Elateridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30009[24]. Elateridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7446[25]. Elateridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7825[26]. Elateridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 113879[27].

Why It Matters

Elateridae ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,665 views/month, #1,272 of 195,241).[2] Elateridae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Elateridae is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [21] . The impact of artificial light at night on nocturnal insects: A review and synthesis. wikidata.org.

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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