Oriental cockroach

species of cockroach
Taxon taxon Q20869
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Oriental cockroach

Summary

Oriental cockroach is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month, #1,190 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oriental cockroach's image is recorded as Blatta orientalis male from Botevgrad, Bulgaria 01.jpg[3].
  • Oriental cockroach's image is recorded as Blatta orientalis Trento 03.jpg[4].
  • Oriental cockroach's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Oriental cockroach's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Oriental cockroach's parent taxon is recorded as Blatta[7].
  • Oriental cockroach's taxon name is recorded as Blatta orientalis[8].
  • Oriental cockroach's Commons category is recorded as Blatta orientalis[9].
  • Oriental cockroach's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/062w51[10].
  • Oriental cockroach's UNII is recorded as 535787266D[11].
  • Oriental cockroach's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6976[12].
  • Oriental cockroach's ITIS TSN is recorded as 102404[13].
  • Oriental cockroach's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1076404[14].
  • Oriental cockroach's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 384[15].
  • Oriental cockroach's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5151589[16].
  • Oriental cockroach's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blatta orientalis[17].
  • Oriental cockroach's Commons gallery is recorded as Blatta orientalis[18].
  • Oriental cockroach's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0153114[19].
  • Oriental cockroach's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[20].
  • Oriental cockroach's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Oriental-cockroach[21].
  • Oriental cockroach's taxon synonym is recorded as Blatta badia[22].
  • Oriental cockroach's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 4DDD8182-C015-4576-A2DF-C3ECF9F5A8B6[23].
  • Oriental cockroach's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. orientalis'}[24].
  • Oriental cockroach's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bakkerstor'}[25].
  • Oriental cockroach's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common cockroach, oriental cockroach'}[26].
  • Oriental cockroach's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'ruotsintorakka'}[27].

Why It Matters

Oriental cockroach ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month, #1,190 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: 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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