Apoidea of the collections of Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Toulon Museums of Natural History (France)

Apoidea of the collections of Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Toulon Museums of Natural History (France)

Many insect species have shown dramatic declines over the last decades, as a result of man-related environmental changes. Many species which were formerly widespread are now rare. To document this trend with evidence, old records of collected specimens are vital. We provide here the data on 9752 bee...

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Published in:Biodiversity data journal Vol. 11; p. e99650
Main Authors: Meunier, Jean-Yves, Geslin, Benoît, Issertes, Mehdi, Mahé, Gilles, Vyghen, Frédéric, Labrique, Harold, Dutour, Yves, Poncet, Vincent, Migliore, Jérémy, Nève, Gabriel
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 13-03-2023
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Series:Collection Pollinators of France and French overseas territories
Subjects:
Andrenidae
Apidae
Apoidea
bees
Biodiversity and Ecology
Colletidae
Corsica
Data Paper (Biosciences)
Environmental changes
Environmental Sciences
France
Geographical distribution
Halictidae
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Melittidae
museum
Museums
Population decline
record
France
Halictidae
Andrenidae
Apidae
Colletidae
Megachilidae
Bombus
museum
Apoidea
record
France
Hymenoptera
Melittidae
bees
distribution
pollinators
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Summary:Many insect species have shown dramatic declines over the last decades, as a result of man-related environmental changes. Many species which were formerly widespread are now rare. To document this trend with evidence, old records of collected specimens are vital. We provide here the data on 9752 bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) specimens hosted in several museums of south-east France: Musée des Confluences in Lyon, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Muséum d'Aix-en-Provence and the Muséum Départemental du Var in Toulon. Most of the specimens (9256) come from France and include data on 552 named species. For most of these specimens, the geographical location, including geographical coordinates, is based on the locality (town or village) where they were collected. The specimens were captured from the beginning of the nineteenth century to 2018. The identifications of 1377 specimens, mainly belonging to the genus , are considered reliable, as these were performed or been checked since 2009. All the other reported identifications are the original ones given by the original collectors.
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Academic editor: Paolo Biella
ISSN:1314-2828
1314-2836
1314-2828
DOI:10.3897/BDJ.11.e99650