Pyrophorus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1302439
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Pyrophorus

Summary

Pyrophorus is a taxon[1]. Pyrophorus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month, #1,543 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pyrophorus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pyrophorus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pyrophorus is classified within Elateridae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pyrophorus is Pyrophorus[6].
  • Pyrophorus's Commons category is recorded as Pyrophorus[7].
  • Pyrophorus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pyrophorus[8].
  • Pyrophorus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Pyrophorus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Pyrophorus's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[11].

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Classification

Pyrophorus's scientific name is Pyrophorus[6]. Pyrophorus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pyrophorus belongs to the parent taxon Elateridae[5].

Identifiers

Pyrophorus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 253230[12]. Pyrophorus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30010[13]. Pyrophorus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 110530[14]. Pyrophorus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5007572[15]. Pyrophorus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 186669[16].

Why It Matters

Pyrophorus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month, #1,543 of 195,241).[2] Pyrophorus has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Pyrophorus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Pyrophorus
    Parent taxon → Elateridae
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 833057, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275111|batch #275111]]"
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