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Asilidae

family of flies
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Asilidae

Summary

Asilidae is a taxon[1]. Asilidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,853 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Asilidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Asilidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Asilidae is classified within Muscomorpha[5].
  • Asilidae is classified within Asiloidea[6].
  • Asilidae's scientific name is Asilidae[7].
  • Asilidae's Commons category is recorded as Asilidae[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Asilidae is Asilus[9].
  • Asilidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asilidae[10].
  • Asilidae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[11].
  • Asilidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Asilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Robber Flies'}[13].
  • Asilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rovfluer'}[14].
  • Asilidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'roofvliegen'}[15].
  • Asilidae's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[16].

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Classification

Asilidae's scientific name is Asilidae[7]. Asilidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Muscomorpha[5] and Asiloidea[6]. The taxonomic type of Asilidae is Asilus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Robber Flies'}[13], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'rovfluer'}[14], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'roofvliegen'}[15].

Identifiers

Asilidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47982[17]. Asilidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50673[18]. Asilidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 508[19]. Asilidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7275[20]. Asilidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 132394[21].

Why It Matters

Asilidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,853 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2] Asilidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Asilidae is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] ↑ . Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Taxon rank → family
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