Diadasia rinconis

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 two subspecies belong to the species Diadasia rinconis:

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