Evans, Howard E.

The Sand Wasps : Natural History and Behavior. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (361 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Mary Alice Evans -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cool Wasps of the Alyssontini -- 3. Cicada and Hopper Hunters of the Gorytini -- 4. Brood Parasites of the Nyssonini -- 5. Stizini: A Mixed Tribe of Hopper Hunters and Brood Parasites -- 6. Bembicini: The Diverse New World Genera -- 7. Bembicini: The Cosmopolitan Genus Bembix -- 8. Comparative Ethology of Sand Wasps -- Appendix: Research Wish List -- References -- Index.

Howard Evans described over 900 species in over a dozen entomology and natural history books. Upon his death in 2002, he left behind an unfinished manuscript. O'Neill, Evans's former student and coauthor, has completed and enlarged this work into a tribe-by-tribe, species-by-species review of Bembicinae studies from the last four decades.

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