''Priobium'' is a genus of wood-boring, death-watch

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

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ranging in western distribution in North America. Their antennae are without a distinct club. A

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...

similar to '' Hadrobregmus'' is characteristic. The various species appear similar. The larvae consume

conifers Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All e ...

Selected species

*'' Priobium carpini'' ( Herbst, 1793) *'' Priobium dendrobiiforme'' Reitter, 1901 *'' Priobium mexicanum'' White, 1975 *''

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'' (LeConte, 1859) *'' Priobium sericeum'' (Say, 1825)

References

External links

''Priobium'' at Fauna Europaea
Ptinidae {{Bostrichoidea-stub