Dr. John L. "Jack" Neff
Selected Publications

1981. Oil-collecting structures in the Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera): morphology, function and use in systematics. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 54: 95-123. (with B. B. Simpson)

1983. Evolution and diversity of floral rewards. Pp. 142-159 In: Handbook of Experimental Pollination Biology, Jones, C. E., & Little, R. J( Eds), New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. (with B. B. Simpson)

1990. The roles of phenology and reward structure in the pollination biology of wild sunflower (Helianthus annuus L., Asteraceae). Israel Journal Botany, 39: 197-216 (with B. B. Simpson).

1991. The nesting and foraging behavior of Perdita texana (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 64: 394-405. (with B. N. Danforth)

1992. Partial bivoltinism in a ground-nesting bee: the biology of Diadasia rinconis in Texas (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 65: 377-92. (with B. B. Simpson)

1995. Foraging and nesting biology of the bee Anthemurgus passiflorae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), descriptions of its immature stages, and observations on its floral host (Passifloraceae). American Museum Novitates: 3138: 1-19. (with J. G. Rozen, Jr.)

1995. Multiple origins of the yucca-yucca moth association. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 92: 6864-6867. (with D. J. Bogler & Simpson, B. B.

1997. Nesting and foraging behavior of Andrena (Callandrena) rudbeckiae Robertson (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae) in Texas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 70:100-13. (with B. B. Simpson)

2003. Nest and provisioning biology of the bee Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with a description of new Holcopasites species (Hymenoptera: Apidae), its probable nest parasite. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 76: 203-16.

2004. Hooked hairs and not so narrow tubes: Two new species of Colletes Latreille from Texas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 13:250-261.

November 2004