Death watch beetle

Summary

Death watch beetle is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month, #1,433 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Death watch beetle's image is recorded as Xestobium.rufovillosum.jpg^[3].
• Death watch beetle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Death watch beetle's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Death watch beetle's parent taxon is recorded as Xestobium^[6].
• Death watch beetle's taxon name is recorded as Xestobium rufovillosum^[7].
• Death watch beetle's Commons category is recorded as Xestobium rufovillosum^[8].
• Death watch beetle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_3b5^[9].
• Death watch beetle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 879067^[10].
• Death watch beetle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114471^[11].
• Death watch beetle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 312241^[12].
• Death watch beetle's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 9833^[13].
• Death watch beetle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1095669^[14].
• Death watch beetle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xestobium rufovillosum^[15].
• Death watch beetle's Commons gallery is recorded as Xestobium rufovillosum^[16].
• Death watch beetle's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300260204^[17].
• Death watch beetle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• Death watch beetle's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[19].
• Death watch beetle's original combination is recorded as Ptinus rufovillosum^[20].
• Death watch beetle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/deathwatch-beetle^[21].
• Death watch beetle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'X. rufovillosum'}^[22].
• Death watch beetle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Death watch beetle'}^[23].
• Death watch beetle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gescheckter Nagekäfer'}^[24].
• Death watch beetle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'escarabajo del reloj de la muerte'}^[25].
• Death watch beetle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grosse vrillette'}^[26].
• Death watch beetle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Orologio della morte'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Death watch beetle ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month, #1,433 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]