''Dasytes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of beetles in the family

Melyridae Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...

. ''D. plumbeus'' is a very common beetle on flowers in Germany, where it feeds on

pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by seed plants. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametophyt ...

. It is about 3 to 5 mm long.

European species

* '' D. aeneiventris'' * '' D. aequalis'' * '' D. aeratus'' * '' D. albosetosus'' * '' D. alpigradus'' * '' D. alticola'' * '' D. baudii'' * '' D. blascoi'' * '' D. borealis'' * '' D. bourgeoisi'' * '' D. brenskei'' * '' D. bulgaricus'' * '' D. buphtalmus'' * '' D. caeruleus'' * '' D. calabrus'' * '' D. canariensis'' * '' D. coerulescens'' * '' D. creticus'' * '' D. croceipes'' * '' D. dispar'' * '' D. doderoi'' * '' D. dolens'' * '' D. erratus'' * '' D. flavescens'' * '' D. fuscipes'' * '' D. fusculus'' * '' D. gonocerus'' * '' D. graeculus'' * '' D. grenieri'' * '' D. griseus'' * '' D. hickeri'' * '' D. incanus'' * '' D. inexspectatus'' * '' D. israelsoni'' * '' D. iteratus'' * '' D. korbi'' * '' D. lanzarotensis'' * '' D. laufferi'' * '' D. lombardus'' * '' D. longipennis'' * '' D. lucanus'' * '' D. marginatus'' * '' D. metallicus'' * '' D. microps'' * '' D. modestus'' * '' D. moniliatus'' * '' D. monstrosipes'' * '' D. montanus'' * '' D. montivagus'' * '' D. moreli'' * '' D. murinus'' * '' D. niger'' * '' D. nigricornis'' * '' D. nigritus'' * '' D. nigroaeneus'' * '' D. nigrocyaneus'' * '' D. nigropilosus'' * '' D. nigropunctatus'' * '' D. obscurus'' * '' D. occiduus'' * '' D. oculatus'' * '' D. pauperculus'' * '' D. plumbeus'' * '' D. productus'' * '' D. provincialis'' * '' D. roberti'' * '' D. setosus'' * '' D. staudingeri'' * '' D. striatulus'' * '' D. subacuminatus'' * '' D. subaeneus'' * '' D. subalpinus'' * '' D. subfasciatus'' * '' D. tardus'' * '' D. terminalis'' * '' D. thoracicus'' * '' D. timidus'' * '' D. torretassoi'' * '' D. tristiculus'' * '' D. troglavensis'' * '' D. variolosus'' * '' D. virens'' File: Dasytes aeratus.ogv, ''D. aeratus'' on ''

Pyrola minor ''Pyrola minor'', known by the common names snowline wintergreen, lesser wintergreen, and common wintergreen, is a plant species of the genus ''Pyrola ''Pyrola'' is a genus of evergreen herbaceous plants in the family Ericaceae. Under the o ...

'' File: Dasytes.caeruleus.-.calwer.28.02.jpg, ''D. caeruleus''

References

* Fauna Europaea
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