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

By

Meunier, Jean-Yves
Geslin, Benoît
Issertes, Mehdi
Mahe, Gilles
Vyghen, Frédéric
Labrique, Harold
Dutour, Yves
Poncet, Vincent
Migliore, Jérémy
Nève, Gabriel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-3-13

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

11

Pages

e99650--

Subjects

Andrenidae , Apidae , Apoidea , Bees , Bombus , Colletidae , France , Halictidae , Hymenoptera , Megachilidae , Melittidae , Museum , record

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e99650

 

Abstract

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 Bombus, 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.