Xestobium rufovillosum (De Geer, 1774)
(Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)
FamilyPTINIDAE (wood boring and spider beetles)
SuperfamilyBOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle) :
1: Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)
11 Jun 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
inside hollow oak trunk
Image 1: On rotten wood - dorsal viewImage 2: On rotten wood - dorso-lateral viewImage 3: On rotten wood - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 4: On rotten wood - dorso-lateral view (3)Image 5: On rotten wood - lateral viewImage 6: On rotten wood - lateral view (2)Image 7: On rotten wood - lateral view (3)Image 8: On rotten wood - postero-lateral view
2: Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)
25 May 2012 OSGR: TQ01 50° 60’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on horse chestnut trunk
Image 1: Dorsal view - appendages extended - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - appendages withdrawn - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Head, antennae and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Latersal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background

Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)
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