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Nepidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q739585
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Nepidae

Summary

Nepidae is a taxon[1]. Nepidae has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Nepidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Nepidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Nepidae is classified within Nepoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Nepidae is Nepidae[6].
  • Nepidae's Commons category is recorded as Nepidae[7].
  • Nepidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nepidae[8].
  • Nepidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • Nepidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Waterscorpions'}[10].
  • Nepidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vannskorpioner'}[11].
  • Nepidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'waterschorpioenen'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Nepidae is Nepidae[6]. Nepidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Nepidae is classified within Nepoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Waterscorpions'}[10], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vannskorpioner'}[11], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'waterschorpioenen'}[12].

Identifiers

Nepidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119347[13]. Nepidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 236403[14]. Nepidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 615[15]. Nepidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7892[16]. Nepidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 103747[17].

Why It Matters

Nepidae has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Nepidae
    Instance of → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q16521]]"
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