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Lycidae

family of beetles
Taxon taxon Q248608
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Lycidae

Summary

Lycidae is a taxon[1]. Lycidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month, #1,576 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lycidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lycidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Lycidae belongs to the parent taxon Elateroidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lycidae is Lycidae[6].
  • Lycidae's Commons category is recorded as Lycidae[7].
  • Lycidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lycidae[8].
  • Lycidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Netschildkevers'}[9].
  • Lycidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karmazynkowate'}[10].
  • Lycidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rødvinger'}[11].
  • Lycidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红萤科'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lycidae is Lycidae[6]. Lycidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Lycidae belongs to the parent taxon Elateroidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Netschildkevers'}[9], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karmazynkowate'}[10], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rødvinger'}[11], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红萤科'}[12].

Identifiers

Lycidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49360[13]. Lycidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 71195[14]. Lycidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 382[15]. Lycidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7836[16]. Lycidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 113840[17].

Why It Matters

Lycidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month, #1,576 of 195,241).[2] Lycidae has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Lycidae is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
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    Topic's main category → Category:Lycidae
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