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Railroad worm

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q7284101
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Summary

Railroad worm is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (998 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Railroad worm's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Railroad worm is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Railroad worm belongs to the parent taxon Phengodidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Railroad worm is Phrixothrix[6].
  • Railroad worm's Commons category is recorded as Phrixothrix[7].
  • Railroad worm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phrixothrix[8].
  • Railroad worm's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[9].
  • Railroad worm's different from is recorded as apple maggot[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Railroad worm is Phrixothrix[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Phengodidae[5].

Identifiers

Railroad worm's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155141[11]. Railroad worm's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94778[12]. Railroad worm's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3266672[13]. Railroad worm's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1162608[14]. Railroad worm's ITIS TSN is recorded as 777063[15].

Why It Matters

Railroad worm ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (998 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → apple maggot
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'en', 'hu', 'ml', 'no', 'ru', 'species', 'sv', 'tr', 'war']
    Described by source → New International Encyclopedia
    Instance of → taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (insecta) of the world id: 832152, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/278390|batch #278390]]"
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