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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Dasytinae » Dasytini » Dasytes » Dasytes plumbeus

Species Dasytes plumbeus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)
Subfamily Dasytinae
Tribe Dasytini
Genus Dasytes
Species plumbeus (Dasytes plumbeus)
Explanation of Names
Dasytes plumbeus (Müller 1776)
Size
4-5.2 mm(1)
Range
native to the Palearctic, adventive in NA (greater Vancouver area, BC)
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC 2010
Print References
Hoebeke E.R., Wheeler A.G. (2013) Dasytes plumbeus (Müller) (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Dasytinae), a Palearctic soft-winged flower beetle new to North America. Zootaxa 3717: 377–382. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Benisch C. (2007-) kerbtier.de – Beetle fauna of Germany
Contributed by v belov on 6 September, 2017 - 9:29pm
Last updated 9 September, 2017 - 10:10am

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