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.^[1] M. patellata is oligolectic and known to feed only on species in the primrose family such as Lysimachia ciliata.^[2] In Michigan the species has been a host for Epeoloides pilosulus.^[3]

Macropis patellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Melittidae
Genus:	Macropis
Species:	M. patellata
Binomial name
Macropis patellata Patton, 1880