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Subfamily Melittinae

Macropis nuda - female Macropis nuda - male Oil bee - Macropis nuda - female Oil bee - Macropis nuda - female Bee Visiting Lysimachia - Macropis - female Macropis sp.  - Macropis - female Macropis sp.  - Macropis - female Melitta (Cilissa) - Melitta - male
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 - Blunt-horn, Yellow Loosestrife, Pantaloon, Evening, and allied bees)
Subfamily Melittinae
Numbers
2 tribes, with 8 spp. in 2 genera in our area and ~100 spp. in 6 genera total(1)