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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Melittid Bees (Melittidae) » Melittinae » Macropidini » Macropis

Genus Macropis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited
Macropis nuda - female Oil bee - Macropis nuda - female Oil bee - Macropis nuda - female Oil bee - Macropis nuda - male Bee Visiting Lysimachia - Macropis - female Macropis sp. - Macropis - female Melittid Bees Macropis nuda - Macropis nuda bee - Macropis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Melittidae (Melittid Bees)
Subfamily Melittinae
Tribe Macropidini
Genus Macropis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Macropis Panzer, 1809
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 16 total(2)
Range
holarctic(2)
Food
specialize in collecting oil from Lysimachia flowers(3)
Works Cited
1.World revision of the oil-collecting bee genus Macropis Panzer 1809 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)...
Michez D., Patiny S. 2005. Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr. 41: 15–28.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril. 2015. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 9 July, 2014 - 4:21pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 10:00pm

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