Charles Duncan Michener (Charles D. Michener, C.D. Michener, (1918-2015); American entomologist.

Much of his career has been devoted to the systematics and natural history of bees, although his earliest paper seems to have been a collaboration regarding butterflies.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 31 taxon names authored by Charles Duncan Michener

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 0 eponyms of Charles Duncan Michener

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1936

• * Michener, C.D. 1936. Some Pacific coast Panurginus. Canadian Entomologist, 67: 275–278.

1937

• Linsley, E.G. & Michener, C.D.. 1937. Some new genera and species of North American parasitic bees. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 13: 75-84.

1938

• Michener, C.D. 1938. American bees of the genus Heriades. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 31: 514–531.
• Michener, C.D. 1938. American bees of the genus Chelostoma. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 14: 36-45.

1939

• Michener, C.D. 1939. A revision of the genus Ashmeadiella. American Midland Naturalist 22: 1–84.
• Michener, C.D. 1939. A revision of the genus Neolarra. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 65: 347-362.
• Linsley, E.G. & C.D. Michener. 1939. A generic revision of the North American Nomadidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 65: 265-305, pls. xv- xviii.

1941

• Michener, C.D. 1941. A generic revision of the American Osmiinae with descriptive notes on Old World genera. American Midland Naturalist 26(1): 147-166.
• Michener, C.D. 1941. A synopsis of the genus Trachusa with notes on the nesting habits of T. perdita. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 17: 119-125.

1942

• Michener, C.D. & dos Passos, C.F. 1942. Taxonomic observations on some North American Strymon, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). American Museum Novitates 1210: 1–7, 5 figs. PDF. Reference page. 
• Michener, C.D. 1942. Taxonomic observations on bees with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 50: 273-282.
• Michener, C.D. 1942. North American bees of the genus Ancyloscelis. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 18: 108-113.

1943

• Michener, C.D. 1943. A review of the genus Calisto (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae). American Museum Novitates no. 1236: 1-6. Reference page. 
• Michener, C.D. 1943. The American bees of the genus Anthocopa with notes on Old World subgenera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 49-86.

1944

• Michener, C.D. 1944. Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 82: 151–326.

1947

• Michener, C.D. 1947. A revision of the American species of Hoplitis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 89: 257-318.

1948

• Michener, C.D. The generic classification of the anthidiine bees. American Museum Novitates no. 1381: 1-29.
• Michener, C.D. Notes on the American bees of the genus Melecta. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50: 15-18.

1949

• Michener, C.D. 1949. New Genera and Subgenera of Saturniidae (Lepidoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 22(4): 142-147. Reference page. 
• Michener, C.D. 1949. A revision of the American species of Diceratosmia. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 258-264.

1950

• Oiticica Filho, J. & Michener, C.D. 1950. New species of Bathyphlebia from Ecuador and Peru (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). American Museum Novitates 1446: 1–13. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Oiticica Filho, J. & Michener, C.D. 1950a. A new species of Eacles from Colombia (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). American Museum Novitates 1447: 1–5. hdl: 2246/2355 . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1951

• Michener, C.D. 1951. Superfamily Apoidea, pp. 1043-1255 in {{aut|C. F. W. Muesebeck and K. V. Krombein, eds., Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico—Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Monograph no. 2. [Supplements 1, 1958, and 2, 1967, by K. V. Krombein.]
• Michener, C.D. 1951. Subgeneric groups of Hemisia. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 24: 1-11.

1952

• Michener, C.D. 1952. The Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Morphology, phylogeny, and classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of National History 98(5): 335–502. Reference page. 
• Michener, C.D. 1952. A new genus of panurgine bee from Arizona. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 25: 24-28.

1953

• Michener, C.D. 1953. Comparative morphological and systematic studies of bee larvae with a key to the families of hymenopterous larvae. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 35: 987-1102.
• Michener, C.D. 1953. The biology of a leafcutter bee (Megachile brevis) and its associates. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 35: 1659-1748.

1954

• Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104: 1-176.
• Michener, C.D. 1954. Observations on the pupae of bees. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 30: 63-70.
• Michener, C.D. 1954. Records and descriptions of North American megachilid bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 27: 65-78.

1955

• Hurd, P.D. and C.D. Michener. 1955. The megachiline bees of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 3: 1-248.

1961

• Michener, C.D. 1961. A new parasitic genus of Ceratinini from Australia. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 34: 178-180.

1962

• Michener, C.D. 1962. Observations on the classification of the bees commonly placed in the genus Megachile. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 70: 17-29.

1964

• Michener, C.D. 1963. The bee genus Eulonchopria. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56: 844-849.
• Michener, C.D. 1963. New Ceratinini from Australia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44: 257-261.

1965

• Michener, C.D. 2002: The bee genus Chilicola in the tropical Andes, with observations on nesting biology and a phylogenetic analysis of the subgenera (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Xeromelissinae). Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 26: 1-47. Reference page. 
• Michener, C.D. 1965. A generic review of the Dufoureinae of the western hemisphere. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 58: 321–326.
• Michener, C.D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-363.

1966

• Michener, C.D. 1966. The classification of the Diphaglossinae and North American species of the genus Caupolicana. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 46: 717–751.
• Michener, C.D. 1966. A new genus of ceratinine bees from the Red Sea area. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39: 572-576.

1970

• Michener, C.D. 1970. Social parasites among African allodapine bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae, Ceratinini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 49: 199–215.

1971

• Michener, C.D. 1971: Biologies of African Allodapine bees (Hymenoptera, Xylocopinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 145(3): 219–302.

1975

• Michener, C.D. 1975. A taxonomic study of African Allodapine bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae, Ceratinini). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 155(2): 67–240.
• Michener, C.D. 1975. Larvae of African allodapine bees. 3. The genera Allodapula and Eucondylops. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 38(2): 243–250.

1976

• Michener, C.D. 1976. Larvae of African allodapine bees—4. Halterapis, Compsomelissa, Macrogalea, and a key to African genera. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 39: 33-37.

1977

• Michener, C.D. 1977: Allodapine bees of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). American Museum Novitates, 2622: 1–18.

1978

• Michener, C.D. 1978: The classification of halictine bees: Tribes and old world nonparasitic genera with strong venation. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 51: 501–538.
• Michener, C.D. 1978: The parasitic groups of Halictidae. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 51: 291–339.

1980

• Michener, C.D. 1980. The large species of Homalictus and related Halictinae from the New Guinea area. American Museum Novitates, 2693: 1–21.
• Linsley, E. G. & J. W. MacSwain, and C.D. Michener 1980. Nesting biology and associates of Melitoma. University of California Publications in Entomology 90: i-viii 􏰁 1-45.

1981

• Michener, C.D. 1981. Classification of the bee family Melittidae with a review of species of Meganomiinae. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 18(3): 1–135.

1983

• Michener, C.D. 1983. The classification of the Lithurginae (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 59(1-4): 176–187. BHL Reference page. 
• Michener, C.D. 1983. The parasitic Australian Allodapine genus Inquilina (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 56(4): 555–559.

1986

• Michener, C.D. 1986: Family-group names among bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Lawrence, 59: 219–234.

1988

• Michener, C.D., and D. A. Grimaldi. 1988. A Trigona from Late Cretaceous amber of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates no. 2917: 1-10.
• Michener, C.D. 1988. The oldest fossil bee: Apoid history, evolutionary stasis, and antiquity of social behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 85: 6424-6426.

1989

• Michener, C.D. 1989. Classification of American Colletinae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 53: 622–703.

1990

• Reyes, S.G and C.D. Michener. 1990. Observations on a parasitic allodapine bee and its hosts in Java and Malaysia. Tropical Zoology 3: 139-149.
• Michener, C.D. 1990. Classification of the Apidae. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 54: 75-153.
• Michener, C.D. 1990. Liotrigona from Malagasy rain forests. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 63: 444-446.

1992

• Michener, C.D. 1992. Nomenclatural problems in the Meganomiinae and a review of the genus Pseudophilanthus. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65: 146-150.
• Michener, C.D. 1992. The genus Halterapis Michener 1967 in Madagascar. Tropical Zoology 5: 249-253.
• Michener, C.D. 1992. Sexual dimorphism in the glossa of Colletidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65: 1-9.

1993

• Roig-Alsina, A. and Michener, C.D. 1993. Studies of the phylogeny and classification of long-tongued bees (Hymenoptera:Apoidea). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55:124-162.

1997

• Michener, C.D. 1997: Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1: 1–81.

1999

• Michener, C.D. & J. G. Rozen 1999: A new ground-nesting genus of xeromelissine bees from Argentina and the tribal classification of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). American Museum Novitates, New York, 3281: 1–10

2000

• Michener, C.D. 2000: The Bees of the World. 1st Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., 913p.

2002

• Michener, C.D. 2002: The bee genus Chilicola in the tropical Andes, with observations on nesting biology and a phylogenetic analysis of the subgenera (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Xeromelissinae). Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 26: 1-47. Reference page. 

2004

• Gonzalez, V.H. & Michener, C.D. 2004. A new Chilicola Spinola from Colombian Páramo (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Xeromelissinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 13(1): 24-30. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2007

• Michener, C.D. 2007: The Bees of the World. 2nd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 953 pp.

2009

• Michener, C.D. & Engel, M.S. 2009: Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae). ZooKeys, 5: 53–64.

Authored taxa

• Agaesischia Moure & Michener
• Agemmonia Michener
• Agogenohylaeus Michener
• Alayoapis Michener
• Allodape australissima Michener
• Allodape brachycephala Michener
• Allodape greatheadi Michener
• Allodape skaifeorum Michener
• Allodapula associata Michener
• Allodapula empeyi Michener
• Allodapula guillarmodi Michener
• Allodapula hessei Michener
• Allodapula maculithorax Michener
• Allodapula minor Michener & Syed
• Allodapula occidentalis Michener & Syed
• Allodapula ornaticeps Michener
• Allodapula perkinsiella Michener & Syed
• Allodapula platyprosopon Michener
• Allodapula praesumptiosa Michener
• Allodapula rozeni Michener
• Allodapula rufa Michener
• Allodapula xerica Michener
• Alloscirtetica cinerea Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Alloscirtetica weyrauchi Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Alocandrena Michener
• Amphylaeus Michener
• Anacolletes Michener
• Ancyloscelis hertigi Michener
• Ancyloscelis panamensis Michener
• Andrena kraussi Michener
• Andrena vidalesi panamensis Michener
• Ascirtetica Moure & Michener
• Atrosamba Michener
• Augochlora antonita Michener
• Augochlora chiriquiana Michener
• Augochlora clarki Michener
• Augochlora hallinani Michener
• Augochlora mulleri mourei Michener
• Augochlorella bidentata Michener
• Augochlorella edentata Michener
• Augochloropsis auriferina Michener
• Augochloropsis fairchildi Michener
• Augochloropsis hebescens fuscocyanea (Michener)
• Australictus Michener
• Austrevylaeus Michener
• Austronomia Michener
• Austrosphecodes Michener
• Baeocolletes Michener
• Brachyhesma Michener
• Brachyhesma (Microhesma) cooki Michener
• Brachyhesma (Microhesma) dichaeta Michener
• Brachyhesma (Microhesma) incompleta Michener
• Braunsapis acuticauda Michener
• Braunsapis aureoscopa Michener
• Braunsapis draconis Michener
• Braunsapis ghanae Michener
• Braunsapis madecassella Michener
• Braunsapis natalica Michener
• Braunsapis pallida Michener
• Braunsapis simplicipes Michener
• Braunsapis stuckenbergorum Michener
• Cadegualina Michener
• Caenaugochlora Michener
• Caenaugochlora (Caenaugochlora) Michener
• Caenaugochlora macswaini Michener
• Callalictus Michener
• Callocolletes Michener
• Callohesma Michener
• Canephorulini Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Capicoloides Michener
• Caupolicanoides Michener
• Centris obscurior Michener
• Cephalocolletes Michener
• Cephalylaeus Michener
• Ceratina breviceps Michener
• Ceratina glossata Michener
• Ceratina kraussi Michener
• Ceratina nigritula Michener
• Ceratina rectangulifera Schwarz & Michener
• Ceratina tricolor Michener
• Ceratocolletes Michener
• Ceratomonia Michener
• Chaetalictus Michener
• Chalicodoma (Callomegachile) mystaceana Michener
• Chilalictus Michener
• Chilicolletes Michener
• Chlerogella Michener
• Chlerogella elongaticeps Michener
• Coelioxys barbata Schwarz & Michener
• Colletellus Michener
• Colletes panamensis Michener
• Colletes rugicollis nigrior Michener
• Colletopsis Michener
• Comeptila Moure & Michener
• Ctenocolletes albomarginatus Michener
• Ctenocolletes notabilis Michener
• Ctenocolletes ordensis Michener
• Curvinomia Michener
• Dasyhalonia Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Dasyhalonia (Pachyhalonia) phaeoptera Moure & Michener
• Dasyhesma Michener
• Dasyhesma robusta Michener
• Dasyscirtetica Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Dermatohesma Michener
• Diadasia schwarzi Michener
• Dicromonia Michener & Brooks
• Dictyohalictus Michener
• Dithygater Moure & Michener
• Dithygater seabrai Moure & Michener
• Edriohylaeus Michener
• Effractapis Michener
• Effractapis furax Michener
• Epicharana Michener
• Ethalonchopria Michener
• Eucondylops reducta Michener
• Euhesma Michener
• Eulonchopria oaxacana Michener
• Eulonchopria punctatissima Michener
• Euprosopellus Michener
• Euprosopoides Michener
• Euryglossa (Callohesma) lacteipennis Michener
• Euryglossa (Callohesma) sulphurea Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) australis Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) hyphesmoides Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) malaris Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) palpalis Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) perkinsi Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) rufiventris Michener
• Euryglossa (Euhesma) wahlenbergiae Michener
• Euryglossa (Parahesma) tuberculipes Michener
• Euryglossa (Xenohesma) clypearis Michener
• Euryglossa (Xenohesma) evansi Michener
• Euryglossa (Xenohesma) federalis Michener
• Euryglossa (Xenohesma) flavicauda Michener
• Euryglossa (Xenohesma) primaria Michener
• Euryglossa (Xenohesma) scutellaris Michener
• Euryglossina (Euryglossella) perkinsi Michener
• Euryglossina (Euryglossina) intermedia Michener
• Euryglossula Michener
• Excolletes Michener
• Exomalopsis mourei Michener
• Exoneura obscuripes Michener
• Exoneurula stigmoides Michener
• Florilegus (Euflorilegus) barbiellinii Moure & Michener
• Florilegus isthmicus Michener
• Floriraptor Moure & Michener
• Gaesischia Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Gaesischia (Gaesischiana) exul Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Gaesischia (Gaesischiopsis) flavoclypeata Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Gaesischiana Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Gaesischiopsis Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Gaesochira Moure & Michener
• Gaesochira complanata Moure & Michener
• Gephyrohylaeus Michener
• Glossalictus Michener
• Glossopasiphae Michener
• Glossurocolletes Michener
• Gnathopasites Linsley & Michener
• Gnathoprosopoides Michener
• Halterapis kraussi Michener
• Halterapis tulearensis Michener
• Haplosamba Michener
• Hemirhiza Michener
• Hesperocolletes Michener
• Hesperocolletes douglasi Michener
• Heterohesma Michener
• Holohesma Michener
• Homalictus ctenander Michener
• Hylaeana Michener
• Hylaeopsis Michener
• Hylaeorhiza Michener
• Hylaeorhiza burnsi Michener
• Hylaeteron Michener
• Hylaeus (Edriohylaeus) ofarrelli Michener
• Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) perconvergens Michener
• Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) hemirhodus Michener
• Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) albozebratus Michener
• Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) douglasi Michener
• Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) simplex Michener
• Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) turgicollaris Michener
• Hylaeus (Pseudhylaeus) multigibbosus Michener
• Hylaeus (Xenohylaeus) rieki Michener
• Hylaeus (Xenohylaeus) scutaticornis Michener
• Hylaeus panamensis Michener
• Hyphesma Michener
• Inquilina schwarzi Michener
• Kylopasiphae Michener
• Lasioglossum (Australictus) fulvofasciae Michener
• Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) cephalochilum Michener
• Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) gynochilum Michener
• Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) obscurissimum Michener
• Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) wahlenbergiae Michener
• Lasioglossum (Pseudohalictus) imitator Michener
• Lasioglossum denticeps Michener
• Lasioglossum kraussi Michener
• Lasioglossum strigosigena Michener
• Leioproctus (Andrenopsis) douglasiellus Michener
• Leioproctus (Andrenopsis) nigrifrons Michener
• Leioproctus (Baeocolletes) calcaratus Michener
• Leioproctus (Baeocolletes) mas Michener
• Leioproctus (Baeocolletes) minimus Michener
• Leioproctus (Chrysocolletes) Michener
• Leioproctus (Chrysocolletes) crenulatus Michener
• Leioproctus (Colletopsis) contrarius Michener
• Leioproctus (Excolletes) impatellatus Michener
• Leioproctus (Glossurocolletes) bilobatus Michener
• Leioproctus (Glossurocolletes) xenoceratus Michener
• Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) dolosus Michener
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) megachalcoides Michener
• Leioproctus (Leioproctus) unguidentatus Michener
• Leioproctus (Microcolletes) finkei Michener
• Leioproctus (Microcolletes) microsomus Michener
• Leioproctus (Urocolletes) rhodurus Michener
• Lomatalictus Michener
• Lonchoprella Michener
• Lonchorhyncha Michener
• Lophothygater Moure & Michener
• Macrogalea infernalis Michener
• Macrohylaeus Michener
• Megascirtetica Moure & Michener
• Meroglossa ocellata Michener
• Metziella Michener
• Microcolletes Michener
• Microhesma Michener
• Micronychapis Moure & Michener
• Mydrosoma bohartorum Michener
• Mydrosoma brooksi Michener
• Mydrosoma sinaloa Michener
• Mydrosomella Michener
• Nasutapis Michener
• Nasutapis straussorum Michener
• Neocorynura nuda Michener
• Neocorynura perpectinata Michener
• Neocorynura rufa Michener
• Neocorynura villosissima Michener
• Neofidelia Moure & Michener
• Neofidelia profuga Moure & Michener
• Neopasiphae simplicior Michener
• Neoxylocopa Michener
• Nesocolletes Michener
• Nesomonia Michener, Brooks & Pauly
• Nomada panamensis Michener
• Nomada trapidoi Michener
• Odyneropsis gertschi Michener
• Osiris mourei Michener
• Osiris obtusus Michener
• Pachyhalonia Moure & Michener
• Pachyprosopina Michener
• Pachyprosopula Michener
• Pachysvastra Moure & Michener
• Palaeorhiza (Anchirhiza) mandibularis Michener
• Papualictus Michener
• Papuatrigona Michener & Sakagami
• Parahesma Michener
• Paulynomia Michener
• Penapis Michener
• Perissander Michener
• Phaceliapis Michener
• Pharohylaeus Michener
• Porterapis Michener
• Prosamba Michener
• Pseudaugochlora Michener
• Pseudochilalictus Michener
• Ptilocleptis Michener
• Ptilonomia Michener
• Pygopasiphae Michener
• Redivivoides Michener
• Reedapis Michener
• Sarocolletes Michener
• Scirteticops Moure & Michener
• Sinomacropis Michener
• Sphecodes macswaini Michener
• Stenohesma Michener
• Stenohesma nomadiformis Michener
• Svastrides Michener, LaBerge & Moure
• Svastrina Moure & Michener
• Svastrina anaroliata Moure & Michener
• Svastropsis Moure & Michener
• Torocolletes Michener
• Trichocolletes (Callocolletes) pulcherrimus Michener
• Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) burnsi Michener
• Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) marginatulus Michener
• Trophocleptria nigra Michener
• Trophocleptria odontothorax Michener
• Trophocleptria schraderi Michener
• Urocolletes Michener
• Urohalictus Michener
• Uromonia Michener
• Xanthesma Michener
• Xanthesma flava Michener
• Xanthesma nigrior Michener
• Xenohesma Michener
• Xenopanurgus Michener
• Xenorhiza Michener
• Xeromelecta (Nesomelecta) alayoi Michener
• Xylocopa varians rufotegularis Michener
• Xylocopoides Michener
• Zonalictus Michener
• Zonolonia Moure & Michener