Meloidae

family of beetles
Taxon taxon Q297115
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Meloidae

Summary

Meloidae is a taxon[1]. Meloidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,637 views/month, #1,284 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meloidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Meloidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Meloidae is classified within Tenebrionoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Meloidae is Meloidae[6].
  • Meloidae's Commons category is recorded as Meloidae[7].
  • Meloidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meloidae[8].
  • Meloidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q9017987[9].
  • Meloidae's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[10].
  • Meloidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Meloidae's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Meloidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13].
  • Meloidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • Meloidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Meloidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Oliekevers'}[16].
  • Meloidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'plasterbiller'}[17].
  • Meloidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'oleicowate'}[18].
  • Meloidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'majkowate'}[19].
  • Meloidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芫菁科'}[20].
  • Meloidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'мајци'}[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Meloidae is Meloidae[6]. Meloidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Meloidae is classified within Tenebrionoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Oliekevers'}[16], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'plasterbiller'}[17], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'oleicowate'}[18], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'majkowate'}[19], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芫菁科'}[20], and {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'мајци'}[21].

Identifiers

Meloidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59510[22]. Meloidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 34672[23]. Meloidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 387[24]. Meloidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4742[25]. Meloidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114387[26].

Why It Matters

Meloidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,637 views/month, #1,284 of 195,241).[2] Meloidae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Meloidae is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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  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. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  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] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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