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Macropis Fulvipes
''Macropis'' is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. They are very rare and were likely more common in the past. They are associated with yellow loosestrife plants in the genus Lysimachia. Description ''Macropis'' species are of moderate size, not exceeding 15 mm. They have a livery predominantly black; males are characterized by conspicuous yellow markings on the head, but the females show morphological adaptations related to their foraging habits of flower oils, posterior tibiae with very developed, covered with a dense velvety hairs. Unlike most Melittidae, the wing has only two submarginal cells. Biology They are solitary bees that dig their nests in the ground. Most species are oligolectic and feed on pollen and floral oils of ''Lysimachia ''Lysimachia'' ( ) is a genus consisting of 182 accepted species of flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae. Based on a molecular phylogenetic study it was transferred to the family Myrsinaceae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (31 May 1755 – 28 June 1829) was a German physician, botanist and entomologist. He produced a book on the insect fauna of Germany, illustrated with hand-coloured plates by Jacob Sturm which was produced in 109 parts over a 17 year period beginning in 1796. Life and work Panzer was born at Etzelwang in the Upper Palatinate where his father Georg Wolfgang (1729–1805) was a pastor and a distinguished bibliographer, whose ''Annales Typographici'' were published between 1793 and 1803.. His mother Rosine Helene (d. 1806) was the daughter of Johann Jakob Jantke. He studied in Nuremberg from 1760 to 1772 followed by studies in medicine which included botany at Erlangen and Altdorf from 1774. His doctoral dissertation of 1777 was titled ''De Dolore''. He continued studies at Vienna, Strasbourg and Switzerland and was admitted to the Collegium medicum in 1780 in Nuremberg. He married Magdalena Clara Vogel in 1780. He promoted the use of cowpox vaccinatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropis Kiangsuensis
''Macropis'' is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. They are very rare and were likely more common in the past. They are associated with yellow loosestrife plants in the genus Lysimachia. Description ''Macropis'' species are of moderate size, not exceeding 15 mm. They have a livery predominantly black; males are characterized by conspicuous yellow markings on the head, but the females show morphological adaptations related to their foraging habits of flower oils, posterior tibiae with very developed, covered with a dense velvety hairs. Unlike most Melittidae, the wing has only two submarginal cells. Biology They are solitary bees that dig their nests in the ground. Most species are oligolectic and feed on pollen and floral oils of ''Lysimachia'' spp. They make a single generation per year. The males emerge from the ground in spring, just before the females, and await the females in the vicinity of the flowers of the host plant. After mating, the females dig a nest in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropis Patellata
''Macropsis patellata'' is a solitary bee in the Melittidae family. This species is endemic to the United States with observations in Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Vermont, Michigan and Massachusetts.NatureServe. (n.d.). Macropis patellata. Available from https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.963618/Macropis_patellata (accessed January 26, 2022). ''M. patellata'' is oligolectic The term oligolecty is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that exhibit a narrow, specialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a single family or genus of flowering plants. The preference may occasionally extend broadly to m ... and known to feed only on species in the primrose family such as '' Lysimachia ciliata''.DiscoverLife. (n.d.). Macropis patellata Patton, 1880. Available from https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q (accessed January 26, 2022). In Michigan the species has been a host for '' Epeoloides pilosulus''. References Melittidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropis Orientalis
''Macropis'' is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. They are very rare and were likely more common in the past. They are associated with yellow loosestrife plants in the genus Lysimachia. Description ''Macropis'' species are of moderate size, not exceeding 15 mm. They have a livery predominantly black; males are characterized by conspicuous yellow markings on the head, but the females show morphological adaptations related to their foraging habits of flower oils, posterior tibiae with very developed, covered with a dense velvety hairs. Unlike most Melittidae, the wing has only two submarginal cells. Biology They are solitary bees that dig their nests in the ground. Most species are oligolectic and feed on pollen and floral oils of ''Lysimachia'' spp. They make a single generation per year. The males emerge from the ground in spring, just before the females, and await the females in the vicinity of the flowers of the host plant. After mating, the females dig a nest in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropis Nuda
''Macropis nuda'' is a ground nesting, univoltine bee native to northern parts of North America. Thus, this species cocoons as pupae and hibernates over the winter. The species is unusual as it is an Oligolecty, oligolectic bee, foraging exclusively for floral oils and pollen from Primulaceae of the species ''Lysimachia ciliata''. Taxonomy ''Macropis nuda'' is a member of the family Melittidae and the order Hymenoptera. All species of the genus ''Macropis'' are oligolectic, as females forage for loosestrife plant oil to line their nests and provision to their eggs. ''Macropis'' bees are commonly referred to as oil-bees, as they are the main pollinators of oil-plants such as plants of the genus ''Lysimachia''. Identification and differentiation Both males and females of ''M. nuda'' are roughly 7-7.5mm in length. Females The head, thorax, and abdomen of ''M. nuda'' females are a dark black. Females have dense white Scopa (biology), scopa on their posterior tibiae that are fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropis Micheneri
''Macropis'' is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. They are very rare and were likely more common in the past. They are associated with yellow loosestrife plants in the genus Lysimachia. Description ''Macropis'' species are of moderate size, not exceeding 15 mm. They have a livery predominantly black; males are characterized by conspicuous yellow markings on the head, but the females show morphological adaptations related to their foraging habits of flower oils, posterior tibiae with very developed, covered with a dense velvety hairs. Unlike most Melittidae, the wing has only two submarginal cells. Biology They are solitary bees that dig their nests in the ground. Most species are oligolectic and feed on pollen and floral oils of ''Lysimachia'' spp. They make a single generation per year. The males emerge from the ground in spring, just before the females, and await the females in the vicinity of the flowers of the host plant. After mating, the females dig a nest in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melittidae
Melittidae is a small bee family, with over 200 described species in three subfamilies. The family has a limited distribution, with all described species restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone. Fossil melittids have been found occasionally in Eocene amber deposits, including those of Oise, France and the Baltic amber. Evolution Early molecular work suggested that the family Melittidae was sister taxon, sister to all other bees, and also that it was paraphyletic. Because of this finding, it was suggested that the three subfamilies of Melittidae should be elevated to family status. Neither study included many melittids, due to their rarity. Later studies suggested that the family could still be monophyletic and a 2013 investigation including a greater number of melittid bees further supports this. Recent research has shown that Melittids have a lower extinction rate compared to other hymenopterans, yet this family is considered species-poor. This is attributed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
