''Xeranobium'' is a genus of

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 w ...

s in the family

Ptinidae Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetle, as well as the Cigarette beetle, cigare ...

. There are about 13 described species in ''Xeranobium''.

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus ''Xeranobium'': * '' Xeranobium badium'' White, 1971 * ''

Xeranobium californicum ''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 c ...

'' White, 1971 * '' Xeranobium cinereum'' (Horn, 1894) * ''

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 cal ...

'' 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

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