Wheat weevil

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q217350
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Wheat weevil

Summary

Wheat weevil is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (373 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wheat weevil's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Wheat weevil is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Wheat weevil belongs to the parent taxon Sitophilus[5].
  • Wheat weevil's scientific name is Sitophilus granarius[6].
  • Wheat weevil's Commons category is recorded as Sitophilus granarius[7].
  • Wheat weevil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sitophilus granarius[8].
  • Wheat weevil's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Wheat weevil's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • Wheat weevil's original combination is recorded as Curculio granarius[11].
  • Wheat weevil's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. granarius'}[12].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Graanklander'}[13].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'jyväkärsäkäs'}[14].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kornsnutebille'}[15].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wheat weevil'}[16].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'grain weevil'}[17].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'granary weevil'}[18].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '谷象'}[19].
  • Wheat weevil is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '谷米象甲'}[20].
  • Wheat weevil's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Wheat weevil is Sitophilus granarius[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Sitophilus[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Graanklander'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'jyväkärsäkäs'}[14], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'kornsnutebille'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wheat weevil'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'grain weevil'}[17], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'granary weevil'}[18].

Identifiers

Wheat weevil's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 231086[22]. Wheat weevil's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7046[23]. Wheat weevil's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1170174[24]. Wheat weevil's ITIS TSN is recorded as 188076[25].

Why It Matters

Wheat weevil ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (373 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . Revision of the systematic status and update of Latin-English-Chinese catalogue of storage beetles. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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