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Railroad worm

genus of insects
Taxon Taxon Q7284101

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
New International Encyclopedia[5]
Different from
apple maggot[6]
Parent taxon
Phengodidae[3]
Taxon name
Phrixothrix[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Phrixothrix en Railroad worm ru Фриксотрикс
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Railroad worm.jpg ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID
932641
BioLib taxon ID
1216418
Catalogue of Life ID
6P9X
Encyclopedia of Life ID
3266672
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Phrixothrix
Freebase ID
/m/01sdrx
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
1162608
INaturalist taxon ID
155141
IRMNG ID
1171462
ITIS TSN
777063
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
832152
Show all 18 identifiers +6
KBpedia ID
RailroadWorm
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778273535
NCBI taxonomy ID
94778
Open Tree of Life ID
753467
Topic's main category
Category:Phrixothrix
UMLS CUI
C1043038

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 17
Phrixothrix hirtus, Phrixothrix alboterminatus, Phrixothrix belemensis, Phrixothrix clypeatus, Phrixothrix gibbosus, Phrixothrix microphthalmus, Phrixothrix vivianii, Phrixothrix acuminatus +9 more
Described by source 1
New International Encyclopedia
Different from 1
apple maggot
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Phengodidae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Phrixothrix
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Phrixothrix
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Summary

Railroad worm is a taxon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → apple maggot
    Described by source → New International Encyclopedia
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Phengodidae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Insects (Insecta) of the World ID: 832152, batch #278390"
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