Macropis patellata

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| authority = Patton, 1880

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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 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.{{cite journal |last1=Wood |first1=Thomas |last2=Killewald |first2=Michael |last3=Graham |first3=Kelsey |last4=Gibbs |first4=Jason |last5=Isaacs |first5=Rufus |title=Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson) Rediscovered in Michigan, with Notes on the Distribution and Status of its Macropis hosts. |journal=The Great Lakes Entomologist |date=8 September 2019 |volume=52 |issue=1 |doi=10.22543/0090-0222.2330 |url=https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol52/iss1/4/ |access-date=3 June 2022 |issn=0090-0222}}