Priobium

Priobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Anobiidae
Subfamily: Anobiinae
Genus: Priobium
Thomson, 1863

Priobium is a genus of wood-boring, death-watch beetles[1] ranging in western distribution in North America. Their antennae are without a distinct club. A pronotum similar to Hadrobregmus is characteristic. The various species appear similar.[1] The larvae consume conifers.[1]

Selected species

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Genus Priobium - BugGuide.Net", BugGuide.net, web: BG-370.
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