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Dasytes
Sign in to saveDasytes is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae, especially comon in the Palaearctic.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 372
- With media
- 83
- Family
- Melyridae
- Collections
- SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa
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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.
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