Muscidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q527224
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Muscidae

Summary

Muscidae is a taxon[1]. Muscidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Muscidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Muscidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Muscidae belongs to the parent taxon Muscoidea[5].
  • Muscidae is classified within Muscomorpha[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Muscidae is Muscidae[7].
  • Muscidae's Commons category is recorded as Muscidae[8].
  • Muscidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Muscidae[9].
  • Muscidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • Muscidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • Muscidae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[12].
  • Muscidae's topic has template is recorded as Q22845717[13].
  • Muscidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'House Flies and kin'}[14].
  • Muscidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'muchowate'}[15].
  • Muscidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'prave muhe'}[16].
  • Muscidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Echte Fliegen'}[17].
  • Muscidae's different from is recorded as fly[18].
  • Muscidae's taxon author citation is recorded as Latreille, 1802[19].
  • Muscidae's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[20].

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Classification

Muscidae's scientific name is Muscidae[7]. Muscidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Muscoidea[5] and Muscomorpha[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'House Flies and kin'}[14], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'muchowate'}[15], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'prave muhe'}[16], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Echte Fliegen'}[17].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 70144[21], 378185[22], 480109[23], 374348[24], and 467770[25]. Muscidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7366[26]. Muscidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 428[27]. Muscidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5564[28]. Muscidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 150025[29].

Why It Matters

Muscidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] Muscidae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Muscidae is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] . wikidata.org.
  26. [19] . marinespecies.org. marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [20] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Muscoidea, Muscomorpha
    Diel cycle diurnality
    Different from fly
    Taxon rank family
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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