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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 » Macropis nuda

Species Macropis nuda

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Macropis nuda - male Oil bee - Macropis nuda - female Oil bee - Macropis nuda - female Oil bee - Macropis nuda - male Oil bee - Macropis nuda - male Melittid Bees Macropis nuda - Macropis nuda Melittid Bees Macropis nuda - Macropis nuda Melittid Bees Macropis nuda - Macropis nuda
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
Species nuda (Macropis nuda)
Explanation of Names
Macropis nuda (Provancher, 1882)
Range
northern transcontinental & western montane (map)(1)
Food
recorded hosts(1); pollen specialist on Lysimachia (Primulaceae)
Remarks
Somewhat painful sting - not quite as bad as a honey bee. --Graham Montgomery (personal experience)
Print References
Cane J.H., Eickwort G.C., Wesley F.R., Speilholz J. (1983) Foraging, grooming, and mate-seeking behaviors of Macropis nuda (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) and use of Lysimachia ciliata (Primulaceae) oils in larval provisions and cell linings. Am. Midl. Nat. 110: 257-264 (Full text)
Rozen J.G., Jr., Jacobson N.R. (1980) Biology and immature stages of Macropis nuda, including comparisons to related bees (Apoidea, Melittidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates 2702: 1–11. (Full text)
(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae): Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella
Young D.A. 1977. NC Agric. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bull. 239. 1135 pp.
2.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.
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 9 July, 2014 - 4:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 November, 2023 - 3:05am

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