Macropis europaea Warncke, 1973
(Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)
FamilyMELITTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee) :
1: Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)
30 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU76 51° 20’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Visiting flowers of Yellow Loosestrife
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Ventral view - enlarged

Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)
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