Fossil honey bees and evolution in the genus Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-281

  Engel, Michael S ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis; Apoidea; Cenozoic; Paleontology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APIS; HONEY BEE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HONEYBEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS AQUISEXTANA; APIS FOTA; APIS HENSHAWI; APIS MELISUGA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MIOCENICA; APIS SHANDONGICA; APIS VETUSTUS; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031833446     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980306     Document Type: Article

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