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Could it be something another then Dasytes subaeneus? No other idea, help please..
Female, 5,5 mm.

Hi Maxim,

very little can be said on a single female...


G.

Yes, certainly. I just decided that specialists will be able to recognize this beetle immediately (with such a characteristic appearance).
I have 6 more beetles and there are males. They are not narrow and subtyl, they pretty look like females.
It`s not a Dasytes subaeneus And probably not a Dasytes at all. I'll take a photo later (it not so easy for me).

After reading of Schilski` descriptions (many thanks Alexey Kovalev for good idea ) this species still unclear for me It`s not a Dasytes vulpinus or D. seriatopunctatus in my view. Here the male -

Hi, I have asked the opinion of Gianfranco Liberti, who is familiar with the eastern Mediterranean. Answer: the most likely identity is Dasytes (Dasytes) murinus Schilsky, 1894, but there are other similar taxa in the area, and their ranks and relationships are not quite clear -- as often happens in Turkish fauna, I can add.

G.

Many thanks Gabriele!!