The Bees of the World 2/e

<div>Preface to the Second Edition</div><br><br><div>Preface to the First Edition</div><br><br><div>Abbreviations</div><br><br><div>1. About Bees and This Book</div><br><br><div>2. What Are Bees?</div><br><br><div>3. The Importance of Bees</div><br><br><div>4. Development and Reproduction</div><br><br><div>5. Solitary versus Social Life</div><br><br><div>6. Floral Relationships of Bees</div><br><br><div>7. Nests and Food Storage</div><br><br><div>8. Parasitic amd Robber Bees</div><br><br><div>9. Body Form, Tagmata, and Sex Difference</div><br><br><div>10. Structures and Anatomical Terminology of Adults</div><br><br><div>11. Structures and Terminology of Immature Stages</div><br><br><div>12. Bees and Sphecoid Wasps as a Clase</div><br><br><div>13. Bees as a Monophyletic Group</div><br><br><div>14. The Origins of Bees from Wasps</div><br><br><div>15. Classification of the Bee-Sphecoid Clade</div><br><br><div>16. Bee Taxa and Categories</div><br><br><div>17. Methods of Classification</div><br><br><div>18. The History of Bee Classificatinos</div><br><br><div>19. Short-Tongued versus Long-Tongued Bees</div><br><br><div>20. Family-Level Phylogeny and the Proto-Bee</div><br><br><div>21. The Higher Classification of Bees</div><br><br><div>22. Fossil Bees</div><br><br><div>23. The Geological History of Bees</div><br><br><div>24. Diversity and Abundance</div><br><br><div>25. Disperal</div><br><br><div>26. Biogeography</div><br><br><div>27. Reduction or Loss of Structures</div><br><br><div>28. New and Modified Structures</div><br><br><div>29. Family-Group Names</div><br><br><div>30. Explanation of Taxonomic Accounts in Sections 36 to 121</div><br><br><div>31. Some Problematic Taxa</div><br><br><div>32. The Identification of Bees</div><br><br><div>33. Key to the Families, Based on Adults</div><br><br><div>34. Notes on Certain Couplets in the Key to Families (Section 33)</div><br><br><div>35. Practical Key to Family-Group Taxa, Based on Females</div><br><br><div>36. Family Stenotritidae</div><br><br><div>37. Family Colletidae</div><br><br><div>38. Subfamily Colletinae</div><br><br><div>39. Tribe Paracolletini</div><br><br><div>40. Tribe Colletini</div><br><br><div>41. Tribe Scraptrini</div><br><br><div>42. Subfamily Diphaglossinae</div><br><br><div>43. Tribe Caupolicanini</div><br><br><div>44. Tribe Diphaglossini</div><br><br><div>45. Tribe Dissoglottini</div><br><br><div>46. Subfamily Xeromelissinae</div><br><br><div>47. Subfamily Hylaeinae</div><br><br><div>48. Subfamily Euryglossinae</div><br><br><div>49. Family Andrenidae</div><br><br><div>50. Subfamily Alocandreninae</div><br><br><div>51. Subfamily Andreninae</div><br><br><div>52. Subfamily Panurginae</div><br><br><div>53. Tribe Protandrenini</div><br><br><div>54. Tribe Panurgini</div><br><br><div>55. Tribe Nolanomelissini</div><br><br><div>56. Tribe Melitturgini</div><br><br><div>57. Tribe Protomeliturgini</div><br><br><div>58. Tribe Perditini</div><br><br><div>59. Tribe Calliopsini</div><br><br><div>60. Subfamily Oxaeinae</div><br><br><div>61. Family Halictidae</div><br><br><div>62. Subfamily Rophitinae</div><br><br><div>63. Subfamily Nomiinae</div><br><br><div>64. Subfamily Nomioidinae</div><br><br><div>65. Subfamily Halictinae</div><br><br><div>66. Tribe Halictini</div><br><br><div>67. Tribe Augochlorini</div><br><br><div>68. Family Melittidae</div><br><br><div>69. Subfamily Dasypodainae</div><br><br><div>70. Tribe Dasypodaini</div><br><br><div>71. Tribe Promelittini</div><br><br><div>72. Tribe Sambini</div><br><br><div>73. Subfamily Meganomiinae</div><br><br><div>74. Subfamily Melittinae</div><br><br><div>75. Family Megachilidae</div><br><br><div>76. Subfamily Fideliinae</div><br><br><div>77. Tribe Pararhophitini</div><br><br><div>78. Tribe Fideliini</div><br><br><div>79. Subfamily Megachilinae</div><br><br><div>80. Tribe Lithurgini</div><br><br><div>81. Tribe Osmiini</div><br><br><div>82. Tribe Anthidiini</div><br><br><div>83. Tribe Dioxyini</div><br><br><div>84. Tribe Megachilini</div><br><br><div>85. Family Apidae</div><br><br><div>86. Subfamily Xylocopinae</div><br><br><div>87. Tribe Manueliini</div><br><br><div>88. Tribe Xylocopini</div><br><br><div>89. Tribe Ceratinini</div><br><br><div>90. Tribe Allodapini</div><br><br><div>91. Subfamily Nomadinae</div><br><br><div>92. Tribe Hexepeolini</div><br><br><div>93. Tribe Brachynomadini</div><br><br><div>94. Tribe Nomadini</div><br><br><div>95. Tribe Epeolini</div><br><br><div>96. Tribe Ammobatoidini</div><br><br><div>97. Tribe Biastini</div><br><br><div>98. Tribe Townsendiellini</div><br><br><div>99. Tribe Neolarrini</div><br><br><div>100. Tribe Ammobatini</div><br><br><div>101. Tribe Caenoprosopidini</div><br><br><div>102. Subfamily Apinae</div><br><br><div>103. Tribe Isepeolini</div><br><br><div>104. Tribe Osirini</div><br><br><div>105. Tribe Protepeolini</div><br><br><div>106. Tribe Exomalopsini</div><br><br><div>107. Tribe Ancylini</div><br><br><div>108. Tribe Tapinotaspidini</div><br><br><div>109. Tribe Tetrapediini</div><br><br><div>110. Tribe Ctenoplectrini</div><br><br><div>111. Tribe Emphorini</div><br><br><div>112. Tribe Eucerini</div><br><br><div>113. Tribe Anthophorini</div><br><br><div>114. Tribe Centridini</div><br><br><div>115. Tribe Rhathymini</div><br><br><div>116. Tribe Ericrocidini</div><br><br><div>117. Tribe Melectini</div><br><br><div>118. Tribe Euglossini</div><br><br><div>119. Tribe Bombini</div><br><br><div>120. Tribe Meliponini</div><br><br><div>121. Tribe Apini</div><br><br><div>Literature Cited</div><br><br><div>Addenda</div><br><br><div>Index of Terms</div><br><br><div>Index of Taxa</div><br>