Dark-footed yellow loosestrife bee
(Macropis nuda)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List
not listed
NatureServe
NNR - Unranked
SNR - Unranked
Minnesota
not listed
Description
Size
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Habitat
Ecology
Season
Behavior
Life Cycle
Larva Food/Hosts
Adult Food
Distribution
Sources
Biodiversity occurrence data published by: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (accessed through the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu. Accessed 10/18/2026).
Macropis nuda (Provancher, 1882) in Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-08-26 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgyy9Occurrence
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
Family
Melittidae
Subfamily
Melittinae
Genus
Macropis (Loosestrife Bees)
Subgenus
Macropis
Subordinate Taxa
Synonyms
Eucera nuda
Macropis clypeata
Macropis morsei
Common Names
common loosestrife oil bee
dark-footed yellow loosestrife bee
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