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parasitic insects
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bed bug
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bed bug

Summary

bed bug is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,076 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • bed bug's image is recorded as Bed bug, Cimex lectularius.jpg[3].
  • bed bug's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[4].
  • bed bug's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85012767[5].
  • bed bug's subclass of is recorded as hematophage[6].
  • bed bug's Commons category is recorded as Cimex lectularius[7].
  • bed bug's said to be the same as is recorded as Cimex lectularius[8].
  • bed bug's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • bed bug's NALT ID is recorded as 16255[10].
  • bed bug's NALT ID is recorded as 16253[11].
  • bed bug's subreddit is recorded as Bedbugs[12].
  • bed bug's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 526132[13].
  • bed bug's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781100537[14].
  • bed bug's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007282402305171[15].
  • bed bug's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2781100537[16].
  • bed bug's WikiProjectMed ID is recorded as Bed bug[17].
  • bed bug's WikiKids ID is recorded as Bedwants[18].
  • bed bug's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Cimex hemipterus[19].
  • bed bug's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Cimex lectularius[20].
  • bed bug's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/10a11a6d-0f25-49c0-9036-d49b6a661f41[21].

Why It Matters

bed bug ranks in the top 4% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,076 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 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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