title: Oligomerus
text: # 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
  
  