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Asilidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q837089
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Summary

Asilidae is a taxon[1]. Asilidae ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,278 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Muscomorpha[4], Asiloidea[5]
  • Taxon name: Asilidae[6]
  • Commons category: Asilidae[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Asilus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Asilidae[9]
  • Described by source: Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
  • Taxon common name: Robber Flies[12], rovfluer[13], roofvliegen[14]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[15]

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Identifiers

Asilidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47982[16]. Asilidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50673[17]. Asilidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 508[18]. Asilidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7275[19]. Asilidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 132394[20].

Why It Matters

Asilidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Asilidae is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . 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. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
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