Tachinidae

family of flies
Taxon taxon Q235715
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Tachinidae

Summary

Tachinidae is a taxon[1]. Tachinidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month, #1,537 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tachinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tachinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Tachinidae belongs to the parent taxon Muscomorpha[5].
  • Tachinidae belongs to the parent taxon Oestroidea[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tachinidae is Tachinidae[7].
  • Tachinidae is used for biological pest control[8].
  • Tachinidae's Commons category is recorded as Tachinidae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Tachinidae is Tachina[10].
  • Tachinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tachinidae[11].
  • Tachinidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Tachinidae[12].
  • Tachinidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Tachinidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Tachinidae's described by source is recorded as Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia[15].
  • Tachinidae's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tachinidae is Tachinidae[7]. Tachinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Muscomorpha[5] and Oestroidea[6]. The taxonomic type of Tachinidae is Tachina[10].

Identifiers

Tachinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51953[17]. Tachinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27474[18]. Tachinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9019[19]. Tachinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6918[20]. Tachinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 152643[21].

Why It Matters

Tachinidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month, #1,537 of 195,241).[2] Tachinidae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Tachinidae is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . online-keys.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . 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. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use biological pest control
    Taxon rank family
    Instance of taxon
    Diel cycle diurnality
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