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Format: XVI, 953 S., [10] Bl. : , zahlr. Ill.

Edition: 2. ed.

ISBN: 0-8018-8573-6 , 978-0-8018-8573-0

Content: "In this update of his reference, Charles D. Michener reveals a diverse fauna that numbers more than 17,000 species and ranges from the common honeybee to rare bees that feed on the pollen of a single type of plant. With many new facts, reclassifications, and revisions, the second edition of The Bees of the World provides the most comprehensive treatment of the 1,200 genera and subgenera of the Apiformes. Included are hundreds of updated citations to work published since the appearance of the first edition and a new set of fossil bees." "The book begins with extensive introductory sections that include bee evolution, classification of the various bee families, the coevolution of bees and flowering plants, nesting behavior, differences between solitary and social bees, and the anatomy of these amazing insects. Drawing on modern studies and evidence from the fossil record, Michener reveals what the ancestral bee - the protobee - might have looked like. He also cites the major literature on bee biology and describes the need for further research on the systematics and natural history of bees, including their importance as pollinators of crops and natural vegetation. The greater part of the work consists of a treatment of bee systematics, with keys for identification to the subgenus level. For each genus and subgenus, Michener includes a brief natural history describing geographical range, number of species, and noteworthy information pertaining to nesting or floral biology."--BOOK JACKET.

Note: Includes bibliographical references

Language: English

Subjects: Biology

Keywords: Bienen ; Systematik ; Bienen ; Bestimmungsbuch

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URL: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=015669115&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

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Format: xvi, 953 Seiten , Illustrationen , 26 cm

Edition: Second edition

ISBN: 9780801885730 , 0801885736

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Michener, Charles D., 1918 - 2015 The Bees of the World. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780801892202

Language: English

Subjects: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science , Biology

Keywords: Bienen ; Systematik ; Bienen

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006023201-b.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006023201-d.html

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Format: 1 online resource (972 p.)

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 0-8018-9220-1 , 1-4356-9259-4

Content: 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.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , 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. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8018-8573-6

Language: English