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Species Diadasia bituberculata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Emphorini (Chimney Bees)
Genus Diadasia
No Taxon (Subgenus Coquillettapis)
Species bituberculata (Diadasia bituberculata)
Explanation of Names
Author: Cresson, 1878
Range
Along west coast and Florida. Discover Life Map.
Food
Pollen from native Calystegia and introduced Convolvulus. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
The Southwestern Naturalist. The function of burrow turrets in a gregariously nesting bee.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 25 April, 2007 - 3:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, H. Go
Last updated 22 February, 2014 - 2:50pm

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