Lucanidae

family of beetles
Taxon taxon Q208786
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Summary

Lucanidae is a taxon[1]. Lucanidae ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,505 views/month, #1,388 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Lucanidae[5]
  • Commons category: Lucanidae[6]
  • Said to be the same as: Lucanidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lucanidae[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Taxonomy/Lucanidae[12]
  • Taxon common name: 锹甲科[13], Vliegende herten[14], hjortebiller[15], stag beetles[16], lucanids[17], rogači[18]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 49083[19], 253229[20], 503827[21], 321488[22], and 487264[23]. Lucanidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41105[24]. Lucanidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2655184[25]. Lucanidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3263244[26]. Lucanidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114487[27].

Why It Matters

Lucanidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Lucanidae is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 829593
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46907
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02178443-n
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  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Scarabaeoidea
    Instance of → —
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    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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