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Spotted lady beetle

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q2241974
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Spotted lady beetle

Summary

Spotted lady beetle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spotted lady beetle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Spotted lady beetle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Spotted lady beetle is classified within Coleomegilla[5].
  • Spotted lady beetle's scientific name is Coleomegilla maculata[6].
  • Spotted lady beetle's Commons category is recorded as Coleomegilla maculata[7].
  • Spotted lady beetle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. maculata'}[8].
  • Spotted lady beetle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted Lady Beetle'}[9].
  • Spotted lady beetle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Spotted lady beetle is Coleomegilla maculata[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Coleomegilla[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted Lady Beetle'}[9].

Identifiers

Spotted lady beetle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 126267[11]. Spotted lady beetle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 279632[12]. Spotted lady beetle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1174430[13]. Spotted lady beetle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1043637[14]. Spotted lady beetle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 692547[15].

Why It Matters

Spotted lady beetle ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Coleomegilla
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007540772905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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