Pediculus humanus

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Taxon taxon Q3737588
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Pediculus humanus

Summary

Pediculus humanus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pediculus humanus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pediculus humanus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pediculus humanus belongs to the parent taxon Pediculus[5].
  • Pediculus humanus's scientific name is Pediculus humanus[6].
  • Pediculus humanus's Commons category is recorded as Pediculus humanus[7].
  • Pediculus humanus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. humanus'}[8].
  • Pediculus humanus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '人蝨'}[9].
  • Pediculus humanus is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'veš šatní'}[10].
  • Pediculus humanus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Pioyu humanu'}[11].
  • Pediculus humanus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'človeška uš'}[12].
  • Pediculus humanus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '이'}[13].
  • Pediculus humanus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].
  • Pediculus humanus's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758[15].
  • Pediculus humanus's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Pediculus_humanus[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pediculus humanus is Pediculus humanus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Pediculus[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '人蝨'}[9], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'veš šatní'}[10], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Pioyu humanu'}[11], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'človeška uš'}[12], and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '이'}[13].

Identifiers

Pediculus humanus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 321532[17]. Pediculus humanus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 121225[18]. Pediculus humanus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 596575[19]. Pediculus humanus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4987991[20]. Pediculus humanus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 186074[21].

Why It Matters

Pediculus humanus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . itis.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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