Dark-footed yellow loosestrife bee

(Macropis nuda)

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Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy

Conservation Status

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IUCN Red List

not listed

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NNR - Unranked

SNR - Unranked

Minnesota

not listed

Description

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Distribution
		Sources 29, 30, 82, 83. Biodiversity occurrence data published by: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (accessed through the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu, 8/30/2025).
8/30/2025

Occurrence

Taxonomy
Order	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
Suborder	Apocrita (narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
Superfamily	Apoidea (bees and apoid wasps)
Epifamily	Anthophila (bees)
Family	Melittidae
Subfamily	Melittinae
Genus	Macropis (loosestrife bees)
Subgenus	Macropis

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Synonyms
Eucera nuda Macropis clypeata Macropis morsei

Common Names
common loosestrife oil bee dark-footed yellow loosestrife bee

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