Direct and indirect fossil records of megachilid bees from the paleogene of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 703-712

  Wedmann, Sonja ^a   Wappler, Torsten ^b   Engel, Michael S ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthophila; Apoidea; Biodiversity; Eckfeld; Ichnology; Insecta; Leafcutter bees; Menat; Messel; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOACTIVITY; BIODIVERSITY; DETECTION METHOD; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; NECTAR; NEST; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; POLLEN; TERTIARY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOCENE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; EXCISION; FAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; FRANCE; GERMANY; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILID BEE; NONHUMAN; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EUROPE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HYMENOPTERA; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

AUVERGNE; CENTRAL EUROPE; ECKFELD MAAR; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HESSE; MENAT; MESSEL; PUY DE DOME [AUVERGNE]; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILIDAE; MEGACHILINAE;

EID: 67349203614     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0525-x     Document Type: Article

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