Oligomerus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Bostrichoidea |
| Family: | Ptinidae |
| Subfamily: | Anobiinae |
| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | Oligomerus Redtenbacher, 1849 |
Oligomerus is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 18 described species in Oligomerus.[1][2][3][4][5]
Identification[]
It leaves a round hole behind, which is one to three millimeters in diameter. The boreholes are filled with loose bore dust. Its excrement looks like "salt and pepper".[citation needed]
Species[]
These 18 species belong to the genus Oligomerus:
- Oligomerus alternans LeConte, 1865 i c g b
- White, 1976 i c g
- Fall, 1905 i c g
- (Olivier, 1790) g
- Fall, 1905 i c g
- Hatch, 1961 i c g
- White, 1976 i c g
- (Fall, 1920) i c g
- (Baudi di Selve, 1874) g
- White, 1976 i c g
- White, 1976 i c g
- LeConte, 1865 i c g
- White, 1976 i c g
- (Wollaston, 1854) g
- Schilsky, 1898 g
- Oligomerus sericans (Melsheimer, 1846) i c g b
- Fall, 1905 i c g
- White, 1976 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Oligomerus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Browse Oligomerus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Oligomerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Oligomerus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ nomen.at, Oligomerus
External links[]
Media related to Oligomerus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Oligomerus at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Ptinidae
- Bostrichoidea stubs