| Diadasia rinconis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Tribe: | Emphorini |
| Genus: | Diadasia |
| Species: | D. rinconis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diadasia rinconis Cockerell, 1897 | |
Diadasia rinconis is a species of chimney bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] In the Sonoran Desert, D. rinconis is considered the "cactus bee" as it feeds almost exclusively on a number of Sonoran Desert cactus species, its life cycle revolving around the flowering of the native species of cacti. [4] These bees exhibit a tawny coloration, with abdomens either striped with pale bands or covered with pale-gold hairs. Female Diadasia species possess bushy pollen-collecting hairs on their hind legs and distinctive brushes of long hairs on their forelegs. Males often have elongated hind legs. [5]
