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Alaus

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Taxon monotypic_taxon Q2411620
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Alaus

Summary

Alaus is a monotypic taxon[1]. Alaus ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alaus's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Alaus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Alaus belongs to the parent taxon Elateridae[5].
  • Alaus's scientific name is Alaus[6].
  • Alaus's Commons category is recorded as Alaus[7].
  • Alaus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alaus[8].
  • Alaus's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[9].

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Classification

Alaus's scientific name is Alaus[6]. Alaus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Alaus is classified within Elateridae[5].

Identifiers

Alaus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81707[10]. Alaus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 225336[11]. Alaus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 110536[12]. Alaus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1162071[13]. Alaus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 113880[14].

Why It Matters

Alaus ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] Alaus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Alaus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Alaus
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 832954, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274398|batch #274398]]"
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