flea

order of insects
Taxon taxon Q388162
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flea

Summary

flea is a taxon[1]. flea ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,093 views/month, #762 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • flea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • flea is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • flea is classified within Panorpida[5].
  • flea belongs to the parent taxon Antliophora[6].
  • flea belongs to the parent taxon Holometabola[7].
  • flea's scientific name is Siphonaptera[8].
  • flea's Commons category is recorded as Siphonaptera[9].
  • flea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fleas[10].
  • flea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Siphonaptera (scientific name)[11].
  • flea's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12].
  • flea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • flea's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • flea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • flea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • flea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vlooien'}[17].
  • flea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'lopper'}[18].
  • flea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bolhe'}[19].
  • flea's studied by is recorded as siphonapterology[20].
  • flea's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q66614450[21].
  • flea's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Classification

flea's scientific name is Siphonaptera[8]. flea is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Panorpida[5], Antliophora[6], and Holometabola[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vlooien'}[17], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'lopper'}[18], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bolhe'}[19].

Identifiers

flea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83204[23]. flea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7509[24]. flea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1062[25]. flea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1366[26]. flea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 152732[27].

Why It Matters

flea ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,093 views/month, #762 of 195,241).[2] flea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] flea is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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