flea

order of insects
Taxon taxon Q388162
flea
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Summary

flea is a taxon[1]. flea ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,154 views/month, #762 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Panorpida[4], Antliophora[5], Holometabola[6]
  • Taxon name: Siphonaptera[7]
  • Commons category: Siphonaptera[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fleas[9], Category:Siphonaptera (scientific name)[10]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15]
  • Taxon common name: Vlooien[16], lopper[17], bolhe[18]
  • Studied by: siphonapterology[19]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q66614450[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

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Identifiers

flea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83204[22]. flea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7509[23]. flea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1062[24]. flea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1366[25]. flea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 152732[26].

Why It Matters

flea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] flea is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → fleas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: fleas, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925659|fleas (#289925659)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292535
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292535, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 16514, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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