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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Chimney or Turret Bees (Emphorini) » Diadasia » Subgenus Coquillettapis (Diadasia Subgenus Coquillettapis) » Globe Mallow Bee (Diadasia diminuta)

Species Diadasia diminuta - Globe Mallow Bee

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Bee - Diadasia diminuta - male Bee 41 - Diadasia diminuta - female Bee 41 - Diadasia diminuta - female Anthophila - Diadasia diminuta Identification Please - Diadasia diminuta Diadasia sp.? - Diadasia diminuta - male Diadasia sp.? - Diadasia diminuta - female Diadasia sp.? - Diadasia diminuta - 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
No Taxon (Subgenus Coquillettapis)
Species diminuta (Globe Mallow Bee)
Other Common Names
Globe Mallow Bee better applies to Diadasia sphaeralcearum
Range
Discover Life Map
Food
They specialize on pollen from globe mallows. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
They nest in colonies, in the ground. The entrances to the nests have turrets (little chimneys).
Internet References
Discover Life
Celebrating Wildflowers
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 1 October, 2008 - 2:34pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 December, 2021 - 5:19pm

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