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Genus Diadasia

Diadasia (Coquillettapis), visiting mallow - Diadasia - male Bee attempting to emerge from burrow. For the first time? - Diadasia - female Bee - Diadasia Buff-colored bee - Diadasia Megachilid - Diadasia enavata - female Andrena sp.? - Diadasia Bee - Diadasia - female Diadasia - female
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 (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Emphorini (Chimney or Turret Bees)
Genus Diadasia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diadasia Patton 1879
Numbers
25 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area, 42 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)
Range
New World; in our area, confined to the w. half of the US, with only D. diminuta ranging into Canada (map)(1)
Print References
Sipesa & Wolf (2001) --Phylogenetic relationships
Internet References
D. opuntiae fact sheet
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 August, 2006 - 7:03pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2011 - 10:25am

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