Beewolf

genus of wasps

Taxon Q141958

Facts

6 properties

Instance of: taxon
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[6]
Parent taxon: Philanthinae, Philanthini^[3]^[4]
Taxon common name: beewolves, biegravevepser^[7]^[8]
Taxon name: Philanthus^[5]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en bee-hunters en bee-killer wasps en Beewolf en Philanthus ar الدبور القاتل للنحل ar الزنبور القاتل للنحل ar ذئب النحل cs květolib fa زنبور منج‌گیر fr Abeille loup pt Lobo-das-abelhas ru Philanthus ru Пчелиные волки ru Филанты zh 大头泥蜂属

🔖 Identifiers · 29

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Wasp August 2007-12.jpg ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 7493
Belgian Species List ID: 53602
BugGuide taxon ID: 4345
Catalogue of Life ID: 6NBT
Czech NDOP taxon ID: 27460
Dyntaxa ID: 1008293
EPPO Code: 1PHIHG
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 104130
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/bee-wolf
Fauna Europaea ID: 196216
Fauna Europaea New ID: 5c55e2f6-7936-43bc-a22b-57669499c4d6

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Fossilworks taxon ID: 152464
Freebase ID: /m/0bdvx8
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 1338932
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: pchelinye-volki-46624d
INaturalist taxon ID: 56893
IRMNG ID: 1301145
ITIS TSN: 154338
MNHN taxon ID: genus/philanthus
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778537315
NBIC scientific name ID: 119607
NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000876575
NCBI taxonomy ID: 280485
Nederlands Soortenregister ID: 166142
Open Tree of Life ID: 905734
Topic's main category: Category:Philanthus
UMLS CUI: C1479926
Yale LUX ID: concept/4e6b9d0b-ca9e-4c16-8e1b-57f1280c5026

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🔗 Connections

Described by source 1

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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Parent taxon 1

Philanthinae

Taxon rank 1

genus

Topic's main category 1

Category:Philanthus

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European beewolf

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Summary

Beewolf is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Beewolf — taxon rank (P105): genus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Beewolf — parent taxon (P171): Philanthinae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Beewolf — parent taxon (P171): Philanthini. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Beewolf — taxon name (P225): Philanthus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Beewolf — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Beewolf — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beewolves'}. BugGuide. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Beewolf — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'biegravevepser'}. Retrieved 2022-09-13. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Beewolf is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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