Volucella

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1757472
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Volucella

Summary

Volucella is a taxon[1]. Volucella ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Volucella's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Volucella is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Volucella is classified within Syrphidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Volucella is Volucella[6].
  • Volucella's Commons category is recorded as Volucella[7].
  • Volucella's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Volucella[8].
  • Volucella's Commons gallery is recorded as Volucella[9].
  • Volucella's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Volucella's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[11].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Volucella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52481[12]. Volucella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 226148[13]. Volucella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 25599[14]. Volucella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1483491[15]. Volucella's ITIS TSN is recorded as 140726[16].

Why It Matters

Volucella ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2] Volucella has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Volucella is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . 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. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ky', 'nl', 'no',
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Gnd id → 4239818-6
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
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