Dasytes
Genus of beetles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dasytes is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae.
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Dasytes | |
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D. plumbeus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Melyridae |
Subfamily: | Dasytinae |
Genus: | Dasytes Paykull, 1799 |
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D. plumbeus is a very common beetle on flowers in Germany, where it feeds on pollen. It is about 3 to 5 mm long.