Oligomerus
# Oligomerus

Oligomerus is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 18 described species in Oligomerus.

## 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".

## Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Oligomerus:

* Oligomerus alternans LeConte, $1865^{icgb}$
* Oligomerus angusticollis White, $1976^{icg}$
* Oligomerus brevipilis Fall, $1905^{icg}$
* Oligomerus brunneus (Olivier, $1790)^g$
* Oligomerus californicus Fall, $1905^{icg}$
* Oligomerus crestonensis Hatch, $1961^{icg}$
* Oligomerus cylindricus White, $1976^{icg}$
* Oligomerus delicatulus (Fall, $1920)^{icg}$
* Oligomerus disruptus (Baudi di Selve, $1874)^g$
* Oligomerus enervatus White, $1976^{icg}$
* Oligomerus grossus White, $1976^{icg}$
* Oligomerus obtusus LeConte, $1865^{icg}$
* Oligomerus priapus White, $1976^{icg}$
* Oligomerus ptilinoides (Wollaston, $1854)^g$
* Oligomerus retowskii Schilsky, $1898^g$
* Oligomerus sericans (Melsheimer, $1846)^{icgb}$
* Oligomerus tenellus Fall, $1905^{icg}$
* Oligomerus texanus White, $1976^{icg}$

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

