Lampyris noctiluca

species of beetle
Taxon taxon Q852831
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Lampyris noctiluca

Summary

Lampyris noctiluca is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (727 views/month, #1,479 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lampyris noctiluca received the Q109758751[3].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Lampyris noctiluca belongs to the parent taxon Lampyris[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lampyris noctiluca is Lampyris noctiluca[7].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's Commons category is recorded as Lampyris noctiluca[8].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lampyris noctiluca[9].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's Commons gallery is recorded as Lampyris noctiluca[10].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's described by source is recorded as Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's original combination is recorded as Cantharis noctiluca[12].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's short name is recorded as L. noctiluca[13].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as Grote glimworm[14].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as grote glimworm, lichtkever, glimworm[15].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as luciole of lampyre[16].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as glow-worm[17].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as Glühwürmchen[18].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as kiiltomato[19].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as sankthansorm[20].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as luciérnaga común europea[21].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as pirilampo europeu[22].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as Cocu de lluz[23].
  • Lampyris noctiluca is commonly known as velika kresnica[24].
  • Lampyris noctiluca's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[25].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lampyris noctiluca is Lampyris noctiluca[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Lampyris[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Grote glimworm[14], grote glimworm, lichtkever, glimworm[15], luciole of lampyre[16], glow-worm[17], Glühwürmchen[18], and kiiltomato[19].

Identifiers

Lampyris noctiluca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 143617[26]. Lampyris noctiluca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41311[27]. Lampyris noctiluca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2923994[28]. Lampyris noctiluca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5744295[29]. Lampyris noctiluca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 953594[30].

Why It Matters

Lampyris noctiluca ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (727 views/month, #1,479 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Lampyris noctiluca receive?

Honors received include Q109758751[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 969581
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  2. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3283
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  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Christine Truman
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292954, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Lampyris
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Instance of → taxon
    Award received → Q109758751
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007561467805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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