Simuliidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q720467
Simuliidae
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Simuliidae

Summary

Simuliidae is a taxon[1]. Simuliidae ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month, #1,163 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Simuliidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Simuliidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Simuliidae is classified within Culicomorpha[5].
  • Simuliidae belongs to the parent taxon Chironomoidea[6].
  • Simuliidae's scientific name is Simuliidae[7].
  • Simuliidae's Commons category is recorded as Simuliidae[8].
  • Simuliidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Simuliidae[9].
  • Simuliidae's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Simuliidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Simuliidae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[12].
  • Simuliidae's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[13].
  • Simuliidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[14].
  • Simuliidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Flies'}[15].
  • Simuliidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'knott'}[16].
  • Simuliidae's different from is recorded as midge[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Simuliidae is Simuliidae[7]. Simuliidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Culicomorpha[5] and Chironomoidea[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Flies'}[15] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'knott'}[16].

Identifiers

Simuliidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 63164[18]. Simuliidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7190[19]. Simuliidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9010[20]. Simuliidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3522[21]. Simuliidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 126640[22].

Why It Matters

Simuliidae ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month, #1,163 of 195,241).[2] Simuliidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Simuliidae is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6h ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 55
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cv',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||hi, nso */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 11w ago · MargaretRDonald · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ne.se id → knott, simuliidae
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3222]]: simuliidae, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/12819198|Simuliidae (#12819198)]] for {{P|3222}}"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Culicomorpha, Chironomoidea
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Simuliidae
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22786, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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