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Gerridae

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Gerridae

Summary

Gerridae is a taxon[1]. Gerridae ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,248 views/month, #1,218 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gerridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gerridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Gerridae belongs to the parent taxon Gerroidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Gerridae is Gerridae[6].
  • Gerridae's Commons category is recorded as Gerridae[7].
  • Gerridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gerridae[8].
  • Gerridae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[9].
  • Gerridae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Gerridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water Striders'}[11].
  • Gerridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vannløpere'}[12].
  • Gerridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vodni drsalci'}[13].
  • Gerridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'schaatsenrijders'}[14].
  • Gerridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'водомерки'}[15].
  • Gerridae's different from is recorded as Gerreidae[16].
  • Gerridae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gerridae is Gerridae[6]. Gerridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Gerridae is classified within Gerroidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water Striders'}[11], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vannløpere'}[12], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vodni drsalci'}[13], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'schaatsenrijders'}[14], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'водомерки'}[15].

Identifiers

Gerridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59653[18]. Gerridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36161[19]. Gerridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 588[20]. Gerridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7881[21]. Gerridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 103801[22].

Why It Matters

Gerridae ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,248 views/month, #1,218 of 195,241).[2] Gerridae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Gerridae is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Njardarlogar · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Water strider G remigis.jpg
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Gerris by webrunner.JPG"
  2. 13d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Gerridae
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1922029
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q16521]]"
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