''Dasytes'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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, ...

, especially comon in the

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

. '' D. plumbea'' is one of the more common species, found on flowers, where it feeds on

pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced Gametophyte#Heterospory, microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm ...

. It is about 3 to 5 mm long.

Nomenclature

Gimmel & Mayor in 2024 corrected a long-standing error in the

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of the genus name:

European species

* '' D. aeneiventris'' * '' D. aequalis'' * '' D. aerata'' * '' D. albosetosa'' * '' D. alpigradus'' * '' D. alticola'' * '' D. baudii'' * '' D. blascoi'' * '' D. borealis'' * '' D. bourgeoisi'' * '' D. brenskei'' * '' D. bulgarica'' * '' D. buphtalmus'' * '' D. caerulea'' * '' D. calabrus'' * '' D. canariensis'' * '' D. coerulescens'' * '' D. cretica'' * '' D. croceipes'' * '' D. dispar'' * '' D. doderoi'' * '' D. dolens'' * '' D. errata'' * '' D. flavescens'' * '' D. fuscipes'' * '' D. fuscula'' * '' D. gonocerus'' * '' D. graeculus'' * '' D. grenieri'' * '' D. grisea'' * '' D. hickeri'' * '' D. incana'' * '' D. inexspectata'' * '' D. israelsoni'' * '' D. iterata'' * '' D. korbi'' * '' D. lanzarotensis'' * '' D. laufferi'' * '' D. lombardus'' * '' D. longipennis'' * '' D. lucana'' * '' D. marginata'' * '' D. metallica'' * '' D. microps'' * '' D. modesta'' * '' D. moniliata'' * '' D. monstrosipes'' * '' D. montana'' * '' D. montivaga'' * '' D. moreli'' * '' D. murina'' * '' D. nigra'' * '' D. nigricornis'' * '' D. nigrita'' * '' D. nigroaenea'' * '' D. nigrocyanea'' * '' D. nigropilosa'' * '' D. nigropunctata'' * '' D. obscura'' * '' D. occidua'' * '' D. oculata'' * '' D. paupercula'' * '' D. plumbea'' * '' D. producta'' * '' D. provincialis'' * '' D. roberti'' * '' D. setosa'' * '' D. staudingeri'' * '' D. striatula'' * '' D. subacuminata'' * '' D. subaenea'' * '' D. subalpina'' * '' D. subfasciata'' * '' D. tarda'' * '' D. terminalis'' * '' D. thoracica'' * '' D. timida'' * '' D. torretassoi'' * '' D. tristicula'' * '' D. troglavensis'' * '' D. variolosa'' * '' D. virens'' File: Dasytes aeratus.ogv, ''D. aerata'' 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''. It is a perennial herb or subshrub growing up to tall. It has a Circumboreal distribution ...

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

References

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