''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 n ...

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 gametop ...

. 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 ol ...

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

References

* Fauna Europaea
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