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Hippobosca

genus of insects
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q3008644
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Hippobosca

Summary

Hippobosca is a monotypic taxon[1]. Hippobosca ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,180 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hippobosca's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Hippobosca is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hippobosca belongs to the parent taxon Hippoboscidae[5].
  • Hippobosca's scientific name is Hippobosca[6].
  • Hippobosca's Commons category is recorded as Hippobosca[7].
  • Hippobosca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hippobosca[8].
  • Hippobosca's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[9].

Body

Classification

Hippobosca's scientific name is Hippobosca[6]. Hippobosca is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hippobosca is classified within Hippoboscidae[5].

Identifiers

Hippobosca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 451400[10]. Hippobosca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 452745[11]. Hippobosca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 82295[12]. Hippobosca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1587266[13]. Hippobosca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 152647[14].

Why It Matters

Hippobosca ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,180 views/month).[2] Hippobosca has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Hippobosca is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . 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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  1. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
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    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 906650
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 906650, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275111|batch #275111]]"
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