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

18 May 2009 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Megatoma undata (a museum or larder beetle)
Family: DERMESTIDAE (carpet, museum and larder beetles)
Superfamily: BOSTRICHOIDEA (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Series (Zoo.): Bostrichiformia (wood boring, powder post and hide beetles)
Suborder: POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order: COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division (Zoo.): Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass: Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass: PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class: INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum: HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum: ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum: ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade: Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom: EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom: ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life: BIOTA (living things)

Megatoma undata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	on wooden gate
Found as	Imago
Date	18 May 2009
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England

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

18 May 2009 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Megatoma undata is also a member of:

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)