Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-286

  Gonzalez, Victor H ^a   Griswold, Terry ^a   Praz, Christophe J ^b,c   Danforth, Bryan N ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RARE SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANTHIDIINI; APOIDEA; FIDELIINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LITHURGINI; MEGACHILIDAE; MEGACHILINAE; MEGACHILINI; OSMIINI;

EID: 84859229948     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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