Pipunculidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q760313
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Pipunculidae

Summary

Pipunculidae is a taxon[1]. Pipunculidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pipunculidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pipunculidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Pipunculidae is classified within Syrphoidea[5].
  • Pipunculidae belongs to the parent taxon Muscomorpha[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pipunculidae is Pipunculidae[7].
  • Pipunculidae's Commons category is recorded as Pipunculidae[8].
  • Pipunculidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pipunculidae[9].
  • Pipunculidae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[10].
  • Pipunculidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed flies'}[11].
  • Pipunculidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'øyefluer'}[12].
  • Pipunculidae's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pipunculidae is Pipunculidae[7]. Pipunculidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Syrphoidea[5] and Muscomorpha[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big-headed flies'}[11] and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'øyefluer'}[12].

Identifiers

Pipunculidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 144038[14]. Pipunculidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43835[15]. Pipunculidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8991[16]. Pipunculidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5583[17]. Pipunculidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 141593[18].

Why It Matters

Pipunculidae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2] Pipunculidae has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Pipunculidae is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Syrphoidea, Muscomorpha
    Diel cycle diurnality
    Instance of taxon
    Aliases
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