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Nepidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q739585

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5][6][7]
Parent taxon
Nepoidea[3]
Taxon common name
Waterscorpions, vannskorpioner, waterschorpioenen[8][9][10]
Taxon name
Nepidae[4]
Taxon rank
family[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nepidae ar العقارب المائية cs splešťulovití de Skorpionswanzen fa ساس‌های سوزنی fi vesiskorpionit he עקרבניים ja タイコウチ科 ko 장구애비과 nl waterschorpioenen pl Płoszczycowate ru Nepidae ru водяные скорпионы sv Vattenskorpioner zh 蝎蝽科
🔖 Identifiers · 34
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nepa cinerea01.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Nepidae
Australian Faunal Directory ID
NEPIDAE
BOLD Systems taxon ID
194687
Belgian Species List ID
58411
BioLib taxon ID
17092
BugGuide taxon ID
109
Catalogue of Life ID
DB4
Dyntaxa ID
2000942
EPPO Code
1NEPXF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
615
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/water-scorpion
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Fauna Europaea ID
12796
Fauna Europaea New ID
6be4cc57-799c-4713-a3d9-aec032373931
Fossilworks taxon ID
71800
Freebase ID
/m/07kqs0
GBIF taxon ID
7892
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1922804
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
vodianye-skorpiony-70b579
INaturalist taxon ID
119347
IRMNG ID
100995
ITIS TSN
103747
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
936616
Interlingual Index ID
i47294
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777268534
NBIC scientific name ID
109528
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000160516
NCBI taxonomy ID
236403
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
157814
Open Tree of Life ID
806775
Plazi ID
A94D7D64-596E-7138-FF29-3E54AB47FD2C
Topic's main category
Category:Nepidae
UMLS CUI
C1488016
Yale LUX ID
concept/db605211-0212-41f0-b053-399be28ff8cd

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Nepoidea
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Nepidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Nepidae
← FactGrid item ID 1
Novooleksandrivka
← Parent taxon 1
Ranatrinae
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Summary

Nepidae is a taxon[1].

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  1. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (Insecta) of the World ID → 936616
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (Insecta) of the World ID: 936616, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275037|batch #275037]]"
  2. 18w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Nepidae
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: taxon"
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