British Bees: An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British IslesShuckard, William Edward
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British Bees: An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles
Shuckard, William Edward
Bees; Hymenoptera -- Great Britain
From the information we thus possess, we learn that some of our genera
have an extremely wide diffusion, and occur in countries where we might
have expected that other forms would have superseded them in the offices
they are ordained to fulfil. None of the schemes for the geographical
distribution of insects yet propounded, seem to curb the eccentricities
of their range. The regions proposed by Fabricius in his ‘Philosophia
Entomologica,’ they break through as readily as through the concentric
circles of the cobweb when this opposes them: and all I can do is to
present them as they offer themselves, with the remark that the
occurrence of solitary forms in certain localities are almost sure
indications that allied genera would be found at hand were they
heedfully sought. It will also be observed, that in some places a
parasitical genus, and its known sitos, only, have been captured there.
The following list will strongly show how totally our genera of bees are
unaffected by isothermal, isotheral, or isocheimal lines drawn over the
earth’s surface. Nor do botanical conditions seem to influence them
beyond, the probability of their dissemination being restricted to the
special diffusion of the families of such plants whose genera and
species they frequent with us.
Thus, inhabiting Northern Europe we find in—
_Lapland._ Cilissa; Anthophora; Epeolus; Megachile; Chelostoma;
Heriades; Osmia; Apathus; Bombus; Apis.
_Finland._ Colletes; Prosopis; Cilissa; Anthophora; Nomada; Epeolus;
Stelis; Cœlioxys; Megachile; Anthidium; Chelostoma; Heriades;
Osmia; Apathus; Bombus; Apis.
_Sweden._ All our genera except Sphecodes; Halictus; Macropis;
Anthocopa.
_Denmark._ All our genera except Macropis and Anthocopa.
_Russia._ All our genera except Macropis and Anthocopa.
_The other Northern European Countries._ All our genera, with the same
exceptions.
Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe present us with, in—
_France._ All our genera.
_Portugal._ Prosopis; Sphecodes; Andrena; Halictus; Eucera; Nomada;
Anthidium; Apathus; Bombus; Apis.
_Spain._ Prosopis; Sphecodes; Andrena; Halictus; Dasypoda; Eucera;
Anthophora; Nomada; Megachile; Anthidium; Apathus; Bombus; Apis.
_Italy._ Andrena; Halictus; Panurgus; Eucera; Anthophora; Nomada;
Melecta; Epeolus; Cœlioxys; Megachile; Anthidium; Osmia; Apathus;
Bombus; Apis.
_Sicily._ Prosopis; Sphecodes; Eucera; Anthophora; Melecta; Epeolus;
Megachile; Anthidium; Osmia; Apathus; Bombus; Apis.
_Malta._ Halictus; Apis.
_Isles of Greece._ Dasypoda; Apis.
_The Morea._ Prosopis; Sphecodes; Halictus; Dasypoda; Eucera;
Anthophora; Ceratina; Nomada; Melecta; Anthidium; Chelostoma;
Osmia; Bombus; Apis.
_Albania._ Prosopis; Sphecodes; Dasypoda; Eucera; Ceratina; Nomada;
Melecta; Megachile; Anthidium; Osmia; Bombus; Apis.
_Dalmatia._ Halictus; Eucera; Anthophora; Megachile; Anthidium; Apis.
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