Oriental cockroach

Summary

Oriental cockroach is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,986 views/month, #1,190 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Oriental cockroach's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Oriental cockroach is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Oriental cockroach belongs to the parent taxon Blatta^[5].
• Oriental cockroach's scientific name is Blatta orientalis^[6].
• Oriental cockroach's Commons category is recorded as Blatta orientalis^[7].
• Oriental cockroach's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blatta orientalis^[8].
• Oriental cockroach's Commons gallery is recorded as Blatta orientalis^[9].
• Oriental cockroach's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[10].
• Oriental cockroach's taxon synonym is recorded as Blatta badia^[11].
• Oriental cockroach's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. orientalis'}^[12].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bakkerstor'}^[13].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common cockroach, oriental cockroach'}^[14].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'ruotsintorakka'}^[15].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'orientalsk kakerlakk'}^[16].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karaluch'}^[17].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karaczan wschodni'}^[18].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karaczan pospolity'}^[19].
• Oriental cockroach is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'cucaracha oriental'}^[20].
• Oriental cockroach's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[21].
• Oriental cockroach's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758^[22].

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Classification

Oriental cockroach's scientific name is Blatta orientalis^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Blatta^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bakkerstor'}^[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common cockroach, oriental cockroach'}^[14], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'ruotsintorakka'}^[15], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'orientalsk kakerlakk'}^[16], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karaluch'}^[17], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'karaczan wschodni'}^[18].

Identifiers

Oriental cockroach's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 154213^[23]. Oriental cockroach's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6976^[24]. Oriental cockroach's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1076404^[25]. Oriental cockroach's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5151589^[26]. Oriental cockroach's ITIS TSN is recorded as 102404^[27].

Why It Matters

Oriental cockroach ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,986 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]