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Diadasia sp.

Diadasia sp.


Family: Apidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Diadasia is a genus of bees in the family Apidae. Its species are oligolectic, specialized on a relatively small number of plant species.

Their host plants include asters, bindweeds, cacti, mallows, and willowherbs, although mallows are the most common and likely ancestral host plant for the whole genus. Its tribe is Emphorini.
In the Sonoran Desert, Diadasia 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.

Members of this genus are often attacked by a variety of parasitoids from the families Bombyliidae, Mutillidae, Ripiphoridae and Meloidae.

Species: These 42 species belong to the genus Diadasia.

Source: Wikipedia, article Diadasia sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 6

Foto
Photography ID: 702547
  Adult

Alunail@nds
La Rioja
Argentina
10/26/2023
Ramón Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 702331
  Adult

Alunail@nds
La Rioja
Argentina
08/26/2026
Ramón Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 702329
  Adult

Alunail@nds
La Rioja
Argentina
08/26/2026
Ramón Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 702328
  Adult

Alunail@nds
La Rioja
Argentina
08/26/2026
Ramón Vera
Foto
Photography ID: 702327
  Adult

Alunail@nds
La Rioja
Argentina
08/26/2026
Ramón Vera


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
251850426/08/2026ArgentinaLa RiojaAlunail@nds, Alunail@ndsRamón Vera
252001026/10/2023ArgentinaLa RiojaAlunail@nds, Alunail@ndsRamón Vera
58981625/03/2017ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresCostanera NorteClaudio Mendez
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Diadasia sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.