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Buthidae

family of scorpions
Taxon taxon Q132129
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Buthidae

Summary

Buthidae is a taxon[1]. Buthidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (274 views/month, #1,548 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buthidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Buthidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Buthidae belongs to the parent taxon scorpion[5].
  • Buthidae is classified within Orthosternina[6].
  • Buthidae belongs to the parent taxon Buthoidea[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Buthidae is Buthidae[8].
  • Buthidae's Commons category is recorded as Buthidae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Buthidae is Buthus[10].
  • Buthidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buthidae[11].

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Classification

Buthidae's scientific name is Buthidae[8]. Buthidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include scorpion[5], Orthosternina[6], and Buthoidea[7]. The taxonomic type of Buthidae is Buthus[10].

Identifiers

Buthidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119058[12]. Buthidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6856[13]. Buthidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8543[14]. Buthidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5848[15]. Buthidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 82718[16].

Why It Matters

Buthidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (274 views/month, #1,548 of 195,241).[2] Buthidae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Buthidae is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] ↑ . Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1850. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Contributions to scorpion systematics. I. On recent changes in high-level taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Buthidae
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293674605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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