Dasytes


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.

Nomenclature

Gimmel & Mayor in 2024 corrected a long-standing error in the grammatical gender of the genus name:

European species

D. aeneiventrisD. aequalisD. aerataD. albosetosaD. alpigradusD. alticolaD. baudiiD. blascoiD. borealisD. bourgeoisiD. brenskeiD. bulgaricaD. buphtalmusD. caeruleaD. calabrusD. canariensisD. coerulescensD. creticaD. croceipesD. disparD. doderoiD. dolensD. errataD. flavescensD. fuscipesD. fusculaD. gonocerusD. graeculusD. grenieriD. griseaD. hickeriD. incanaD. inexspectataD. israelsoniD. iterataD. korbiD. lanzarotensisD. laufferiD. lombardusD. longipennisD. lucanaD. marginataD. metallicaD. micropsD. modestaD. moniliataD. monstrosipesD. montanaD. montivagaD. moreliD. murinaD. nigraD. nigricornisD. nigritaD. nigroaeneaD. nigrocyaneaD. nigropilosaD. nigropunctataD. obscuraD. occiduaD. oculataD. pauperculaD. plumbeaD. productaD. provincialisD. robertiD. setosaD. staudingeriD. striatulaD. subacuminataD. subaeneaD. subalpinaD. subfasciataD. tardaD. terminalisD. thoracicaD. timidaD. torretassoiD. tristiculaD. troglavensisD. variolosa