Firebug

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q486957
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Firebug

Summary

Firebug is a taxon[1]. Firebug ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,139 views/month, #1,188 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Firebug's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Firebug is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Firebug belongs to the parent taxon Pyrrhocoris[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Firebug is Pyrrhocoris apterus[6].
  • Firebug's Commons category is recorded as Pyrrhocoris apterus[7].
  • Firebug's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pyrrhocoridae[8].
  • Firebug's Commons gallery is recorded as Pyrrhocoris apterus[9].
  • Firebug's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Firebug's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Firebug's original combination is recorded as Cimex apterus[12].
  • Firebug's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. apterus'}[13].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Firebug'}[14].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kowal bezskrzydły'}[15].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'vuurwants'}[16].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'firebug'}[17].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'tulilude'}[18].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'chincha les malves'}[19].
  • Firebug is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rdeči škratec'}[20].
  • Firebug's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Firebug is Pyrrhocoris apterus[6]. Firebug is classified at the rank of species[4]. Firebug belongs to the parent taxon Pyrrhocoris[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Firebug'}[14], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kowal bezskrzydły'}[15], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'vuurwants'}[16], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'tulilude'}[18], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'chincha les malves'}[19], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'rdeči škratec'}[20].

Identifiers

Firebug's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55610[22]. Firebug's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37000[23]. Firebug's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4486826[24].

Why It Matters

Firebug ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,139 views/month, #1,188 of 195,241).[2] Firebug has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Firebug is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . 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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  1. 9d ago · Exonie · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Pyrrhocoris
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2107224
    Taxon common name {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Firebug'}, {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kowal bezskrzydły'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'vuurwants'} +4
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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