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Pediculus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q13655191
Pediculus
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Pediculus

Summary

Pediculus is a taxon[1]. Pediculus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pediculus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pediculus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pediculus is classified within human lice[5].
  • Pediculus's scientific name is Pediculus[6].
  • Pediculus's Commons category is recorded as Pediculus[7].
  • Pediculus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pediculus[8].
  • Pediculus's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758[9].

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Classification

Pediculus's scientific name is Pediculus[6]. Pediculus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pediculus is classified within human lice[5].

Identifiers

Pediculus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47437[10]. Pediculus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 121222[11]. Pediculus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 51292[12]. Pediculus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1031922[13]. Pediculus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 186073[14].

Why It Matters

Pediculus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2] Pediculus has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . itis.gov. itis.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Pediculus
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
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