Dasytinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles,

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s of 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, ...

, historically sometimes treated as a separate family, "Dasytidae".

Description and distribution

Dasytinae are typically small (<8 mm) and parallel-sided, with brownish to blackish integument (rarely metallic), and with or without a covering of short pubescence. They are most common and diverse in

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regions of North America (especially the genera '' Trichochrous'' and '' Listrus'') and

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References

External links

* * Melyridae Beetle subfamilies {{Melyridae-stub