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:
Diadasia rinconis is a species of chimney bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. 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.
