Bombyliidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q676390
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Bombyliidae

Summary

Bombyliidae is a taxon[1]. Bombyliidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (858 views/month, #1,294 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bombyliidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bombyliidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Bombyliidae is classified within Asiloidea[5].
  • Bombyliidae belongs to the parent taxon Muscomorpha[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Bombyliidae is Bombyliidae[7].
  • Bombyliidae's Commons category is recorded as Bombyliidae[8].
  • Bombyliidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bombyliidae[9].
  • Bombyliidae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[10].
  • Bombyliidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bee Flies'}[11].
  • Bombyliidae's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Bombyliidae is Bombyliidae[7]. Bombyliidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Asiloidea[5] and Muscomorpha[6]. Bombyliidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bee Flies'}[11].

Identifiers

Bombyliidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51558[13]. Bombyliidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50674[14]. Bombyliidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 497[15]. Bombyliidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7285[16]. Bombyliidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 134153[17].

Why It Matters

Bombyliidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (858 views/month, #1,294 of 195,241).[2] Bombyliidae has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Bombyliidae is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . 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. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Asiloidea, Muscomorpha
    Diel cycle diurnality
    Instance of taxon
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