Diadasia enavata

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Diadasia enavata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Diadasia
Species:
D. enavata
Binomial name
Diadasia enavata
(Cresson, 1872)

Diadasia enavata, the sunflower chimney bee, is a species of chimney bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] It is a pollinator restricted to plants of the Asteraceae family. It has been observed pollinating Coreopsis tinctoria . [4]

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Sunflower chimney bee, Diadasia enavata

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References

  1. "Diadasia enavata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Diadasia enavata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Stephenson, Phillip; Griswold, Terry; Arduser, Michael; Dowling, Ashley; Krementz, David (9 May 2018). "Checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from managed emergent wetlands in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6): e24071. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24071 . PMC   5956030 . PMID   29773960.

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