Veliidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q1262432
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Veliidae

Summary

Veliidae is a taxon[1]. Veliidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Veliidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Veliidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Veliidae is classified within Gerroidea[5].
  • Veliidae's scientific name is Veliidae[6].
  • Veliidae's Commons category is recorded as Veliidae[7].
  • Veliidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Veliidae[8].
  • Veliidae is commonly known as Riffle bugs[9].
  • Veliidae is commonly known as bekkeløpere[10].
  • Veliidae is commonly known as veliid[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Veliidae is Veliidae[6]. Veliidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Veliidae belongs to the parent taxon Gerroidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include Riffle bugs[9], bekkeløpere[10], and veliid[11].

Identifiers

Veliidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119047[12]. Veliidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 95677[13]. Veliidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 644[14]. Veliidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7900[15]. Veliidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 103885[16].

Why It Matters

Veliidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2] Veliidae has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Veliidae is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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. [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 ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 937101
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 937101, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275111|batch #275111]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Gerroidea
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → family
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536555005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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