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Wheel bug

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q7992007
Wheel bug
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Wheel bug

Summary

Wheel bug is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,879 views/month, #1,201 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wheel bug's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Wheel bug is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Wheel bug is classified within Arilus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Wheel bug is Arilus cristatus[6].
  • Wheel bug's Commons category is recorded as Arilus cristatus[7].
  • Wheel bug's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arilus cristatus[8].
  • Wheel bug's Commons gallery is recorded as Arilus cristatus[9].
  • Wheel bug's short name is recorded as A. cristatus[10].
  • Wheel bug is commonly known as Wheel Bug[11].
  • Wheel bug is commonly known as North American wheel bug[12].
  • Wheel bug's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[13].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Wheel bug is Arilus cristatus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Arilus[5]. Recorded taxon common name include Wheel Bug[11] and North American wheel bug[12].

Identifiers

Wheel bug's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48957[14]. Wheel bug's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72517[15]. Wheel bug's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 609871[16]. Wheel bug's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2008593[17]. Wheel bug's ITIS TSN is recorded as 107308[18].

Why It Matters

Wheel bug ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,879 views/month, #1,201 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · Debessis · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Arilus
    Topic's main category → Category:Arilus cristatus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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