Diadasia rinconis is a species of chimney bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] In the Sonoran Desert, D. rinconis is considered the "cactus bee" as it feeds almost exclusively on a number of Sonoran Desert cactus species, its life cycle revolving around the flowering of the native species of cacti.[4]

Diadasia rinconis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Tribe: Emphorini
Genus: Diadasia
Species:
D. rinconis
Binomial name
Diadasia rinconis
Cockerell, 1897

Subspecies

edit

These two subspecies belong to the species Diadasia rinconis:

  • Diadasia rinconis mimetica Cockerell, 1924
  • Diadasia rinconis rinconis Cockerell, 1897

References

edit
  1. ^ "Diadasia rinconis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Diadasia rinconis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Bees".

Further reading

edit
edit