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Hangingfly

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q1953041
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Hangingfly

Summary

Hangingfly is a taxon[1]. Hangingfly has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Hangingfly's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hangingfly is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Hangingfly belongs to the parent taxon Mecoptera[5].
  • Hangingfly's scientific name is Bittacidae[6].
  • Hangingfly's Commons category is recorded as Bittacidae[7].
  • Hangingfly's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bittacidae[8].
  • Hangingfly is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hangingflies'}[9].

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Classification

Hangingfly's scientific name is Bittacidae[6]. Hangingfly is classified at the rank of family[4]. Hangingfly is classified within Mecoptera[5]. Hangingfly is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hangingflies'}[9].

Identifiers

Hangingfly's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49363[10]. Hangingfly's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27422[11]. Hangingfly's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 929[12]. Hangingfly's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6991[13]. Hangingfly's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114998[14].

Why It Matters

Hangingfly has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Hangingfly is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i46835
    Parent taxon → Mecoptera
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