Dasytinae

Dasytinae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Dasytinae: //ˌdaɪ.sɪˈtiː.naɪ//

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Images

Dasytes-plumbeus-07-fws by Francisco Welter-Schultes. Used under a CC0 license.
Dasytes plumbeus (27486373045) by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Dasytes-plumbeus-04-fws by Francisco Welter-Schultes. Used under a CC0 license.
Dasytes plumbeus (27475216736) by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Dasytes plumbeus (41552652745) by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Dasytes plumbeus (28967652898) by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.

Summary

Dasytinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles with approximately 320 species in 35 genera (some poorly defined).

Physical Characteristics

Typically small (<8 mm), parallel-sided, with brownish to blackish integument (rarely metallic) and may have a covering of short pubescence.

Habitat

Common and diverse in xeric regions of North America, especially California, and Central Asia.

Distribution

Worldwide; in our area, hardly represented in the east and enormously diverse in the west, especially in California.

Similar Taxa

Misconceptions

Historically sometimes treated as a separate family, "Dasytidae".

Tags

  • Dasytinae
  • beetles
  • soft-wing flower beetles
  • Coleoptera
  • Melyridae