Tapping behavior is a rhythmic communication in the death-watch beetle,Xestobium rufovillosum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin C. Birch ◽  
Julian J. Keenlyside
Keyword(s):  
Xestobium Rufovillosum

A NEW ANOBIID BEETLE FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA

1947 ◽  
Vol 79 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 236-237
Author(s):  
W. S. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Xestobium Rufovillosum ◽  
A New Species

During the summer of 1946 specimens of anobiid beetles were received from G. Stace Smith of Creston, British Columbia, for identification. Mr. Smith believed that the specimens represented a new species and requested that the species be described.This species resembles the European Xestobium rufovillosum DeGeer so closely that they can only be separated with great difficulty, but the habits of the two species are entirely different.

The Common Deathwatch Beetle Xestobium rufovillosum (DeGeer, 1774) as a Pest for Paper in Books

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Joanna Karbowska-Berent ◽  
Izabela Żołowicz ◽  
Elżbieta M. Jabłońska
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Epicoccum Nigrum ◽  
Xestobium Rufovillosum ◽  
Deathwatch Beetle ◽  
The Common ◽  
Stachybotrys Atra ◽  
Very High

AbstractA small repository in a cathedral in Poland, storing severely damaged books, was investigated with regard to insects and fungi. Entomological and microbiological surveys were performed to estimate the extent of the infestation and the microbial deterioration of the books. Most of the books were attacked by insects although to varying degrees. They were damaged by tunnels bored by the larvae and filled with larval faeces. Some living larvae and many dead adult beetles were found in the books or in the frass. The larvae and most of the beetles were identified as the common deathwatch beetle Xestobium rufovillosum (DeGeer, 1774). The development of Xestobium rufovillosum in books is an unusual case and has rarely been mentioned in the literature. Several books in the repository were also covered by microfungi, especially by Chaetomium murorum, Ch. elatum, Myxotrichum chartarum, Stachybotrys atra and Epicoccum nigrum. The temperature in the repository varied, depending on the season of the year (2.6 °C – 26.2 °C), while the relative humidity was high (constantly above 65 %). The concentration of the fungal bioaerosol was very high (4,120 cfu/m3). The article includes a list of recommendations pertaining to the elimination of the microorganisms and insects.

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