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Asilus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q4034466
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Summary

Asilus is a taxon[1]. Asilus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Asilini[4]
  • Taxon name: Asilus[5]
  • Commons category: Asilus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Asilus[7]
  • Taxon author citation: Linnaeus, 1758[8]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[9]

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Identifiers

Asilus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61609[10]. Asilus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 219504[11]. Asilus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 54633[12]. Asilus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1444802[13]. Asilus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 133485[14].

Why It Matters

Asilus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Asilus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Asilus
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (insecta) of the world id: 888235, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274398|batch #274398]]"
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