The bees of the world / / Charles D. Michener

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961289303321
• Autore: Michener Charles D (Charles Duncan), <1918-2015.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 0-8018-9220-1; 1-4356-9259-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (972 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.79/9
• Soggetti: Bees
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 833-904) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1. About Bees and This Book -- 2. What Are Bees? -- 3. The Importance of Bees -- 4. Development and Reproduction -- 5. Solitary versus Social Life -- 6. Floral Relationships of Bees -- 7. Nests and Food Storage -- 8. Parasitic and Robber Bees -- 9. Body Form, Tagmata, and Sex Differences -- 10. Structures and Anatomical Terminology of Adults -- 11. Structures and Terminology of Immature Stages -- 12. Bees and Sphecoid Wasps as a Clade -- 13. Bees as a Monophyletic Group -- 14. The Origin of Bees from Wasps -- 15. Classification of the Bee-Sphecoid Clade -- 16. Bee Taxa and Categories -- 17. Methods of Classification -- 18. The History of Bee Classifications -- 19. Short-Tongued versus Long-Tongued Bees -- 20. Family-Level Phylogeny and the Proto-Bee -- 21. The Higher Classification of Bees -- 22. Fossil Bees -- 23. The Geological History of Bees -- 24. Diversity and Abundance -- 25. Dispersal -- 26. Biogeography -- 27. Reduction or Loss of Structures -- 28. New and Modified Structures -- 29. Family-Group Names -- 30. Explanation of Taxonomic Accounts in Sections 36 to 121 -- 31. Some Problematic Taxa -- 32. The Identification of Bees -- 33. Key to the Families, Based on Adults -- 34. Notes on Certain Couplets in the Key to Families (Section 33) -- 35. Practical Key to Family-Group Taxa, Based on Females -- 36. Family Stenotritidae -- 37. Family Colletidae -- 38. Subfamily Colletinae -- 39. Tribe Paracolletini -- 40. Tribe Colletini -- 41. Tribe Scraptrini -- 42. Subfamily Diphaglossinae -- 43. Tribe ; Caupolicanini -- 44. Tribe Diphaglossini -- 45. Tribe Dissoglottini -- 46. Subfamily Xeromelissinae -- 47. Subfamily Hylaeinae -- 48. Subfamily Euryglossinae -- 49. Family Andrenidae -- 50. Subfamily Alocandreninae -- 51. Subfamily Andreninae.; 52. Subfamily Panurginae -- 53. Tribe Protandrenini -- 54. Tribe Panurgini -- 55. Tribe Nolanomelissini -- 56. Tribe Melitturgini -- 57. Tribe Protomeliturgini -- 58. Tribe Perditini -- 59. Tribe Calliopsini -- 60. Subfamily Oxaeinae -- 61. Family Halictidae -- 62. Subfamily Rophitinae -- 63. Subfamily Nomiinae -- 64. Subfamily Nomioidinae -- 65. Subfamily Halictinae -- 66. Tribe Halictini -- 67. Tribe Augochlorini -- 68. Family Melittidae -- 69. Subfamily Dasypodainae -- 70. Tribe Dasypodaini -- 71. Tribe Promelittini -- 72. Tribe Sambini -- 73. Subfamily Meganomiinae -- 74. Subfamily Melittinae -- 75. Family Megachilidae -- 76. Subfamily Fideliinae -- 77. Tribe Pararhophitini -- 78. Tribe Fideliini -- 79. Subfamily Megachilinae -- 80. Tribe Lithurgini -- 81. Tribe Osmiini -- 82. Tribe Anthidiini -- 83. Tribe Dioxyini -- 84. Tribe Megachilini -- 85. Family Apidae -- 86. Subfamily Xylocopinae -- 87. Tribe Manueliini -- 88. Tribe Xylocopini -- 89. Tribe Ceratinini -- 90. Tribe Allodapini -- 91. Subfamily Nomadinae -- 92. Tribe Hexepeolini -- 93. Tribe Brachynomadini -- 94. Tribe Nomadini -- 95. Tribe Epeolini -- 96. Tribe Ammobatoidini -- 97. Tribe Biastini -- 98. Tribe Townsendiellini -- 99. Tribe Neolarrini -- 100. Tribe Ammobatini -- 101. Tribe Caenoprosopidini -- 102. Subfamily Apinae -- 103. Tribe Isepeolini -- 104. Tribe Osirini -- 105. Tribe Protepeolini -- 106. Tribe Exomalopsini -- 107. Tribe Ancylini -- 108. Tribe Tapinotaspidini -- 109. Tribe Tetrapediini -- 110. Tribe Ctenoplectrini -- 111. Tribe Emphorini -- 112. Tribe Eucerini -- 113. Tribe Anthophorini -- 114. Tribe Centridini -- 115. Tribe Rhathymini -- 116. Tribe Ericrocidini -- 117. Tribe Melectini -- 118. Tribe Euglossini -- 119. Tribe Bombini -- 120. Tribe Meliponini -- 121. Tribe Apini -- Literature Cited -- Addenda -- Index of Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I.; J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Index of Taxa -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Accented with color plates of select bees, The Bees of the World will continue to be the world's best reference on these diverse insects.