Periplaneta americana

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q267996
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Periplaneta americana

Summary

Periplaneta americana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (914 views/month, #862 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Periplaneta americana's video is recorded as Periplaneta americana performing a high-speed inversion on a ramp (side view) - Journal.pone.0038003.s002.ogv[3].
  • Periplaneta americana's image is recorded as American-cockroach.jpg[4].
  • Periplaneta americana's image is recorded as 202304 American cockroach.svg[5].
  • Periplaneta americana's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon rank is recorded as species[7].
  • Periplaneta americana's parent taxon is recorded as Periplaneta[8].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon name is recorded as Periplaneta americana[9].
  • Periplaneta americana's Commons category is recorded as Periplaneta americana[10].
  • Periplaneta americana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/061rkk[11].
  • Periplaneta americana's UNII is recorded as 2RQ1L9N089[12].
  • Periplaneta americana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6978[13].
  • Periplaneta americana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 102406[14].
  • Periplaneta americana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1076920[15].
  • Periplaneta americana's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 385[16].
  • Periplaneta americana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2000152[17].
  • Periplaneta americana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Periplaneta americana[18].
  • Periplaneta americana's Commons gallery is recorded as Periplaneta americana[19].
  • Periplaneta americana's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/American-cockroach[20].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '美洲家蠊'}[21].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '美洲蟑螂'}[22].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Grote kakkerlak'}[23].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'barata-americana'}[24].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American cockroach'}[25].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'šváb americký'}[26].
  • Periplaneta americana's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'grote kakkerlak'}[27].

Why It Matters

Periplaneta americana ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (914 views/month, #862 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . 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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BioLib. Retrieved . biolib.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. 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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