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Death watch Beetle (48343589541)🪲

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SpeciesColeopteraAnobiidae
Arthropods

🪲Deathwatch beetle

Xestobium rufovillosum (De Geer, 1774)

De grote houtwormkever (Xestobium rufovillosum) is een kever uit de familie van de klopkevers (Ptinidae). Andere namen zijn bonte klopkever en bonte knaagkever.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderColeoptera
  5. ›familyAnobiidae
  6. ›genusXestobium
  7. ›speciesXestobium rufovillosum
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderBeetles · Coleoptera
  3. suborderPolyphaga
  4. genusXestobium
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderBeetles · Coleoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. genusXestobium
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Gescheckter Nagekäfer (de), Xestobium rufovillosum (es), rautio (fi), grosse vrillette (fr), Xestobium rufovillosum (it), eikeborebille (nb) … and 18 more languages
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