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Culicoides

genus of insects (biting midgies, family Ceratopogonidae)
Taxon taxon Q2324817
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Culicoides

Summary

Culicoides is a taxon[1]. Culicoides ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month, #1,528 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Culicoides's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Culicoides is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Culicoides is classified within Culicoidini[5].
  • Culicoides's scientific name is Culicoides[6].
  • Culicoides's Commons category is recorded as Culicoides[7].
  • Culicoides's said to be the same as is recorded as Ceratopogonidae[8].
  • Culicoides's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Culicoides[9].
  • Culicoides's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[10].
  • Culicoides's homonymous taxon is recorded as Culicoides[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Culicoides is Culicoides[6]. Culicoides is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Culicoides is classified within Culicoidini[5].

Identifiers

Culicoides's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122218[12]. Culicoides's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41820[13]. Culicoides's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 54995[14]. Culicoides's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1631084[15]. Culicoides's ITIS TSN is recorded as 127340[16].

Why It Matters

Culicoides ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month, #1,528 of 195,241).[2] Culicoides has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Culicoides is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . 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. 11d ago · Tiziana Deluca · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bncf thesaurus id → 80111
    Said to be the same as → Ceratopogonidae
    Homonymous taxon → Culicoides
    Topic's main category → Category:Culicoides
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P508]]: 80111"
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