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

Interactions where Macropis europaea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female female provisions nest with pollen UK/IrelandRestricted Lysimachia vulgaris Yellow Loosestrife Ericales: Primulaceae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Melittidae/Macropis europaea/Macropis europaeayellow loosestrife bee, oil collecting beefemale Foodplant / nestUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifepollenSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Macropis europaea (Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee)
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