🪲Deathwatch beetle
El escarabajo del reloj de la muerte (Xestobium rufovillosum) es un coleóptero anóbido perforador de la madera, es decir, un escarabajo cuyas larvas son xilófagas; es una de las peores carcomas de las construcciones humanas.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Xestobium rufovillosum yet.
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Everything we know about the Deathwatch beetle
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderColeoptera
- ›familyAnobiidae
- ›genusXestobium
- ›speciesXestobium rufovillosum
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderBeetles · Coleoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- genusXestobium
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderBeetles · Coleoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- genusXestobium
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