Wikipedia:WikiProject Beetles/Layout

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This article is what is recommended. If there is information not present, then don't make the section.

For regular articles

Right hand box (taxobox)

On the right of the page should be the standard Wikipedia information for species, a photograph with the appropriate license, information in its systematics, distribution and conservation status. The scientific name for the species is also followed by the person’s name that named it and the date. If you can’t easily find a map of range information or can draw one, leave this out. For more information, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Beetles/Layout/Taxoboxes.

Main page

Use the bolded headings as actual Wikipedia headings along with additional ones you derive if you go into particular detail in a given area. A general rule is you should have a header for about every 200 words. Do not use numbers.

1. Name of organism, scientific and common

2. Descriptive overview

a. What is it, where does it live, what does it eat, fun fact, just a few sentences

3. Taxonomy and phylogeny

4. Description and identification

5. Distribution and habitat

a. What kinds of habitats does it live in?

b. Is it rare or common?

c. Population numbers - describe the increases and decreases in population

6. Behavior

7. Camouflage - do these beetles use camouflage?

8. Interaction with other species

a. Diet – what does it eat?

1. Is this beetle a predator or herbivore?

b. Predators – what eats it?

c. Defense – how does it defend itself from predation?

d. Parasites – What parasites does it have? (optional)

e. Disease – What diseases, bacteria, viruses does it have? (optional)

f. Mutualists (optional)

9. Human importance (sometimes not required)

a. Agriculture as pollinator, hunter of pest insects

b. History and art as figure in human culture (optional)

10. References – this should be automatically constructed from all the places you cite something

11. External links – What other sites might a reader like to visit? Include research pages of main people working on a species (optional)

For stubs

1. 1 paragraph lead (includes most preferred common name and scientific name).

2. Distribution (depending on the size of the article, it might be part of the lead)

2. References (very important)

3. External links (optional)