Megatoma undata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a museum or larder beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle)
FamilyDERMESTIDAE (carpet, museum and larder 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)
Records of Megatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle) :
1: Megatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle)
18 May 2009 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on wooden gate
Image 1: Dorsal view - in situ - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorso-lateral view - in situ - highly enlargedImage 3: Rear three-quarter view - in situ - highly enlarged

Megatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle)
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