Calliphoridae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q28404
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Calliphoridae

Summary

Calliphoridae is a taxon[1]. Calliphoridae ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,167 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Calliphoridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Calliphoridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Calliphoridae belongs to the parent taxon Oestroidea[5].
  • Calliphoridae is classified within Muscomorpha[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Calliphoridae is Calliphoridae[7].
  • Calliphoridae's Commons category is recorded as Calliphoridae[8].
  • Calliphoridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Calliphoridae[9].
  • Calliphoridae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[10].
  • Calliphoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blow Flies'}[11].
  • Calliphoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'spyfluer'}[12].
  • Calliphoridae's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Calliphoridae is Calliphoridae[7]. Calliphoridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Oestroidea[5] and Muscomorpha[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blow Flies'}[11] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'spyfluer'}[12].

Identifiers

Calliphoridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61860[14]. Calliphoridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7371[15]. Calliphoridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 493[16]. Calliphoridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3335[17]. Calliphoridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 151495[18].

Why It Matters

Calliphoridae ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,167 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2] Calliphoridae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Calliphoridae is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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