Bees of Switzerland, Apidae2

by Felix Amiet, Andreas Müller & Rainer Neumeyer

in german & french

The revised edition of the second part of the 6-volume work on identifying wild bees in Switzerland (Apidae 2, Fauna Helvetica 4) deals in detail with the genera Colletes, Dufourea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhophitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes and Systropha. In German and French the most important distinguishing features, the taxonomy, information about the lifestyle of the individual species. The heart of the book are the very good and richly illustrated identification keys for the species in Switzerland and neighboring regions.

The species texts, which are only written in German, provide half a page with descriptions of the females and males, provide information on the geographical distribution and altitude distribution, the flight period, food plants and the species-specific cuckoo bees. There are precise Swiss distribution maps for each species.

2. edit. 2014, hardcover, 239 p.

Fauna Helvetica 4. info fauna CSCF & SEG

ISBN: 978-2-88414-015-7