Dasytes
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| Dasytes | |
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| D. plumbea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Melyridae |
| Subfamily: | Dasytinae |
| Genus: | Dasytes Paykull, 1799 |
Dasytes is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae, especially comon in the Palaearctic.
D. plumbea is one of the more common species, found on flowers, where it feeds on pollen. It is about 3 to 5 mm long.
