Brief Summary
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
This is among the largest and most widely distributed families of bees. All three of its subfamilies occur in the Nearctic Region, but only the Dufoureinae and the Halictinae are well represented by numerous species.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
