Cicadidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q130778
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Cicadidae

Summary

Cicadidae is a taxon[1]. Cicadidae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,502 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cicadidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cicadidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Cicadidae is classified within Cicadoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cicadidae is Cicadidae[6].
  • Cicadidae's Commons category is recorded as Cicadidae[7].
  • Cicadidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cicadidae[8].
  • Cicadidae's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[9].
  • Cicadidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'セミ科'}[11].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'cega-rega'}[12].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'cigarra'}[13].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蝉科'}[14].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'црцорец'}[15].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sangsikader'}[16].
  • Cicadidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'škržati'}[17].
  • Cicadidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cicadidae is Cicadidae[6]. Cicadidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Cicadidae belongs to the parent taxon Cicadoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'セミ科'}[11], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'cega-rega'}[12], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'cigarra'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蝉科'}[14], {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'црцорец'}[15], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'sangsikader'}[16].

Identifiers

Cicadidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50186[19]. Cicadidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7033[20]. Cicadidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2645413[21]. Cicadidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6049[22]. Cicadidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 109169[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cicadidae include Tsikada[24], a global navigation satellite system[25].

Why It Matters

Cicadidae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,502 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2] Cicadidae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Cicadidae is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for Cicadidae include Tsikada[24], a global navigation satellite system[25].

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] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Cicadidae
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    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Gujin Tushu Jicheng
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