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#3435 · 🪲 beetles

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Psilothrix viridicoerulea

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Adrián Castillo Rivera · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Maks Syratt · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. © Patrick Le Mao · CC0
  6. 6. Sevilla, ES-AN, ES:© Carmen B. de los Santos · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Creta, Grecia:© Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Fundão, Portugal:© Alexandre H. Leitão · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Cow and Calf, Rhosneigr, Wales, GB:© Milly Manley · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Tugare, Hrvatska:© Anton Gjeldum · CC BY-NC 4.0
Duinbloemweekschildkever, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Adrián Castillo Rivera · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Psilothrix viridicoerulea is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, subfamily Dasytinae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 18iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 8,417iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 18 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 8,417 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy in 1785 (241 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Duinbloemweekschildkever
scientific name
Psilothrix viridicoerulea
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Melyridae
sightings in NL
18
sightings in Europe
4,900
sightings worldwide
8,417
GBIF records in NL
361
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1785 by Étienne Louis Geoffroy

relatives· Melyridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 470237, Wikidata Q7256069, GBIF 7942480, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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