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Xeranobium Costatum
''Xeranobium'' is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Xeranobium''. Species These 13 species belong to the genus ''Xeranobium'': * ''Xeranobium badium'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium californicum'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium cinereum'' (Horn, 1894) * ''Xeranobium costatum'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium desertum'' Fall, 1905 * ''Xeranobium griseum'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium laticeps'' Fall, 1905 * ''Xeranobium macrum'' Fall, 1905 * ''Xeranobium oregonum'' Hatch, 1961 * ''Xeranobium parvum'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium poliotrichum'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium rufescens'' White, 1971 * ''Xeranobium sericatum'' White, 1971 References Further reading * * * * Anobiinae Articles created by Qbugbot Bostrichoidea genera {{bostrichoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death-watch Beetle
The deathwatch beetle (''Xestobium rufovillosum'') is a species of woodboring beetle that sometimes infests the structural timbers of old buildings. The adult beetle is brown and measures on average long. Eggs are laid in dark crevices in old wood inside buildings, trees, and inside tunnels left behind by previous larvae. The larvae bore into the timber, feeding for up to ten years before pupating, and later emerging from the wood as adult beetles. Timber that has been damp and is affected by fungal decay is soft enough for the larvae to chew through. They obtain nourishment by using enzymes present in their gut to digest the cellulose and hemicellulose in the wood. The larvae of deathwatch beetles weaken the structural timbers of a building by tunneling through them. Treatment with insecticides to kill the larvae is largely ineffective, and killing the adult beetles when they emerge in spring and early summer may be a better option. However, infestation by these beetles is ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
