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]
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| Genus: | Priobium Thomson, 1863
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Selected species
edit- Priobium carpini (Herbst, 1793)
- Priobium dendrobiiforme Reitter, 1901
- Priobium mexicanum White, 1975
- Priobium punctatum (LeConte, 1859)
- Priobium sericeum (Say, 1825)
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