Family-group names for bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)

Title Variants

Alternative: Family-group names for bees (Anthophila)

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3476

By

Engel, Michael S.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2005

Notes

Caption title.

"May 11, 2005."

The 173 family-group names for bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) are cataloged in chronological order. For each name the correct author, date, type genus, and combining stem are provided. The following names are considered nomina nuda: Phenacolletini, Ctenioschelini, ýChalicodomopsini, Liphanthini, Austropanurgini, and Hoplitini. The authorship of three names (Tapinotaspidini, Hexepeolini, and Ancyloscelidina) is corrected as each was a nomen nudum when first proposed, but has been subsequently made available by other authors. The following new names are proposed herein: Scraptrinae Ascher and Engel, new subfamily (Colletidae); Neffapini Ascher, new tribe (Andrenidae: Panurginae); Afrodasypodini Engel, new tribe (Melittidae: Dasypodainae), Afrodasypoda Engel, new genus; Hesperapina Ascher and Engel, new subtribe (Melittidae: Dasypodainae); Macrogaleina Engel, new subtribe (Apidae: Xylocopinae); and Ancyloscelidina Engel and Michener, new subtribe (Apidae: Apinae). A hierarchical outline of Apoidea classification (inclusive of the digger wasps), indicating the suggested current usage of all available family-group names is appended. The name Anthophila, as proposed by Latreille, is adopted for the bees as a whole.

Subjects

Anthophila , Bees , Classification , Nomenclature

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3476 2005

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2005)476[0001:FNFBHA]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 60404891