1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: diminuta (Cresson, 1878) (: : : Emphorini)

Common Name Tribe Representative - Emphorini Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/139830

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Museum Victoria - [email protected] Author: Ken Walker Citation: Ken Walker (2010) Tribe Representative - Emphorini(Diadasia diminuta)Updated on 8/16/2010 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pollinators/Pest/Main/139830

2.3. Facets Bio-Region: USA and Canada, Central and South America Host Family: Not recorded Host Genera: Fresh Flowers Status: Exotic Species not in Australia Bio-Regions: Nearctic, Neotropical, Araucanian Body Hair and Scopal location: Tibia, Body hairy, Basitarsus Cleptoparasite: No Episternal groove: Present but not extending below scrobal groove Wings: Submarginal cells - Three, Apex of marginal cell pointed, Stigma significantly larger than prestigma Head - Structures: One subantennal suture below each antennal socket, Vertex strongly convex Head - Mouthparts: Galeal comb absent, Glossa and Labial palps elongate; palps flattened and sheathlike, Stipial comb present, Lorum V shaped; mentum tapered Legs: Middle coxa fully exposed Male Genitalia: S7 with 2 large apical lobes and reduced disc Metasoma & Metanotum: Pygidial plate present Nests, Ovarioles & Immatures: Soil, Nesting in aggregrations, Nesting cell with waxlike lining, Nesting cell without any lining, Larva spins a cocoon, Ovarioles per ovary equals 4 or more, Nesting vertical single cell at end of laterals, Nesting single horizontal cell at end of laterals, Cells urn-shaped, Faeces in cells covered with a thin cocoon Larval provisions: Pollen and nectar only, Provisions firm

2.4. Diagnostic Notes The subfamily Apinae consists of the corbiculate Apidae and taxa from the Anthophoridae.

There is no known unique subfamily character that is present in all species, many such useful characters are lost in the cleptoparasitic species. Most species have a pygidial plate and well developed prepygidial fimbriae. The scopa is restricted to the hind leg and basitarsus.

Source: Michener (2007). Bees of the World. John Hopkins University Press 3. Diagnostic Images

USA USA Lateral female view: Laurence Packer York Lateral female view: Laurence Packer York University University

Results Generated: Monday, September 27, 2021