desert locust

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q281634
desert locust
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desert locust

Summary

desert locust is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month, #1,416 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • desert locust's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • desert locust is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • desert locust is classified within Schistocerca[5].
  • desert locust's scientific name is Schistocerca gregaria[6].
  • desert locust's Commons category is recorded as Schistocerca gregaria[7].
  • desert locust's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Schistocerca gregaria[8].
  • desert locust's Commons gallery is recorded as Schistocerca gregaria[9].
  • desert locust's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. gregaria'}[10].
  • desert locust is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Desert locust'}[11].
  • desert locust is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Criquet pèlerin'}[12].
  • desert locust is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Egyiptomi vándorsáska'}[13].
  • desert locust is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Անապատային մորեխ'}[14].
  • desert locust is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サバクトビバッタ'}[15].
  • desert locust is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': "llagosta'l desiertu"}[16].
  • desert locust's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, desert locust is Schistocerca gregaria[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Schistocerca[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Desert locust'}[11], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Criquet pèlerin'}[12], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Egyiptomi vándorsáska'}[13], {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Անապատային մորեխ'}[14], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サバクトビバッタ'}[15], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': "llagosta'l desiertu"}[16].

Identifiers

desert locust's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 198928[18]. desert locust's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7010[19]. desert locust's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 856283[20]. desert locust's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1707320[21].

Why It Matters

desert locust ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month, #1,416 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . 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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