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

Interactions where Xestobium rufovillosum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within wood Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ptinidae/Xestobium rufovillosum/Xestobium rufovillosumdeath watch beetle, death-watch beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakswood
larva larva feeds within wood Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ptinidae/Xestobium rufovillosum/Xestobium rufovillosumdeath watch beetle, death-watch beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowswood

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 13 images of Xestobium rufovillosum (Death Watch Beetle, Death-watch Beetle)
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