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Melophagus ovinus

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q2352863
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Melophagus ovinus

Summary

Melophagus ovinus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month, #1,590 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melophagus ovinus's image is recorded as A wingless sheep fly (Melophagus ovinus). Coloured drawing b Wellcome V0022537.jpg[3].
  • Melophagus ovinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Melophagus ovinus's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Melophagus ovinus's parent taxon is recorded as Melophagus[6].
  • Melophagus ovinus's taxon name is recorded as Melophagus ovinus[7].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Commons category is recorded as Melophagus ovinus[8].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05f92kj[9].
  • Melophagus ovinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 452749[10].
  • Melophagus ovinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 152659[11].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 765573[12].
  • Melophagus ovinus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 121367[13].
  • Melophagus ovinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1638988[14].
  • Melophagus ovinus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 987863[15].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/sheep-ked[16].
  • Melophagus ovinus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. ovinus'}[17].
  • Melophagus ovinus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'lampaantäikärpänen'}[18].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 61999[19].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 243881[20].
  • Melophagus ovinus's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as d727b556-413f-4a70-9ff8-4c3d8cda07f9[21].
  • Melophagus ovinus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3520604[22].
  • Melophagus ovinus's EPPO Code is recorded as MELUOV[23].
  • Melophagus ovinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 410002[24].
  • Melophagus ovinus's TAXREF ID is recorded as 26713[25].
  • Melophagus ovinus's NE.se ID is recorded as fårlus[26].
  • Melophagus ovinus's NBN System Key is recorded as NBNSYS0000030998[27].

Why It Matters

Melophagus ovinus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month, #1,590 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . BioLib. Retrieved . biolib.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Fauna Europaea. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . TAXREF v9.0. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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