''Dasytes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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

References

* Fauna Europaea
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