Tabanidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q228241
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Summary

Tabanidae is a taxon[1]. Tabanidae ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,051 views/month, #676 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Tabanomorpha[4], Tabanoidea[5]
  • Taxon name: Tabanidae[6]
  • Commons category: Tabanidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tabanidae[8]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[13]
  • Taxon common name: Horse and Deer Flies[14], klegg[15], obadi[16], dazen[17]
  • Different from: Musca domestica[18], brake[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[21]
  • Diel cycle: diurnality[22]

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Identifiers

Tabanidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47821[23]. Tabanidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7205[24]. Tabanidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9018[25]. Tabanidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6919[26]. Tabanidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 130934[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Tabanidae include Kh-59 Ovod[28], a missile model[29].

Why It Matters

Tabanidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Tabanidae is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Tabanidae include Kh-59 Ovod[28], a missile model[29].

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. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2165
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292483
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Musca domestica, brake
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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