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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 Diadasia (Diadasia Subgenus Diadasia) » Sunflower Chimney Bee (Diadasia enavata)

Species Diadasia enavata - Sunflower Chimney Bee

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References
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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 (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 Diadasia)
Species enavata (Sunflower Chimney Bee)
Explanation of Names
Diadasia enavata (Cresson, 1872)
Range
w. & c. US - Map (Discover Life)
Habitat
Associated with sunflower patches
Season
May-Sept (BG data)
Food
A specialists on composites especially sunflowers. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Wild Bees of the NBC
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 7 August, 2006 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher, hg
Last updated 16 January, 2019 - 10:36pm

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