Discovery of North American Honey Bee Fossil

PCAS Volume 60, Nos. 1-9

Earlier this year we published a scientific paper by Dr. Michael S. Engel et al titled, "A Honey Bee from the Miocene of Nevada and the Biogeography of Apis" which was the basis for an article in Science News.  The original article appeared in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Volume 60:3, May 7, 2009. Order Now.

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Table of Contents:

1

DANIEL, THOMAS F. Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in the Nueva Galicia Region of Western Mexico with a New Species, D. novogaliciana.

1 -18

2

DANIEL, THOMAS F. and EMILY J. LOTT. Justicia cuixmalensis, a New Species of Acanthaceae from West-central Mexico.

19-22

3

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., ISMAEL A. HINOJOSA-DÍAZ, and ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN. A Honey Bee from the Miocene of Nevada and the Biogeography of Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apini).     

23-38

4

MCMILLAN PETER, and TOMIO IWAMOTO. Two New Species of Coelorinchus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the Tasman Sea.

39-51

5

WENK, REBECCA C. and THOMAS F. DANIEL. Molecular Phylogeny of Nelsonioideae (Acanthaceae) and Phylogeography of Elytraria.

53-68

6

PENNEYS, DARIN S. and LOU JOST. Blakea attenboroughii (Melastomataceae: Blakeeae): A New Species from Ecuador.

69-72

7

 KAVANAUGH, DAVID H. and SEAN D. SCHOVILLE. A New and Endemic Species of Nebria Latreille (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini), Threatened by Climate Change in the Trinity Alps of Northern California.

73-84

8

ARNAUD, PAUL H., and DAVID H. KAVANAUGH. In Memorium: Hugh Bosdin Leech (1910-1990).

85-88

9

ALDRICH, MICHELE L., ALAN E. LEVITON, and LINDSAY L. SEARS. Georgius Agricola, De Animantibus Subterraneis, 1549 and 1556: A translation of a Renaissance Essay in Zoology and Natural History.

89-174

 

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