A Survey of the Insects of the Southern High Plains (Llano Estacado) of Texas, with Particular Reference to Pollinators and Other Anthophiles

Begosh, Angela; Overall, Lisa M.; Smith, Loren M.; McMurry, Scott T.

doi:10.2317/0022-8567-91.4.255

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A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

Dorey,

Fischer,

Chesshire

et al. 2023

Sci Data

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Species occurrence data are foundational for research, conservation, and science communication, but the limited availability and accessibility of reliable data represents a major obstacle, particularly for insects, which face mounting pressures. We present BeeBDC, a new R package, and a global bee occurrence dataset to address this issue. We combined >18.3 million bee occurrence records from multiple public repositories (GBIF, SCAN, iDigBio, USGS, ALA) and smaller datasets, then standardised, flagged, deduplicated, and cleaned the data using the reproducible BeeBDC R-workflow. Specifically, we harmonised species names (following established global taxonomy), country names, and collection dates and, we added record-level flags for a series of potential quality issues. These data are provided in two formats, “cleaned” and “flagged-but-uncleaned”. The BeeBDC package with online documentation provides end users the ability to modify filtering parameters to address their research questions. By publishing reproducible R workflows and globally cleaned datasets, we can increase the accessibility and reliability of downstream analyses. This workflow can be implemented for other taxa to support research and conservation.

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A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

Dorey,

Fischer,

Chesshire

et al. 2023

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A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

Dorey,

Fischer,

Chesshire

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Species occurrence data are foundational for research, conservation, and science communication. But the limited availability and accessibility of reliable data represents a major obstacle, particularly for insects, which face mounting pressures. We present BeeDC, a new R package, and a global bee occurrence dataset to address this issue. We combined >17.7 million bee occurrence records from multiple public repositories (GBIF, SCAN, iDigBio, USGS, ALA) and smaller datasets, then standardised, flagged, deduplicated, and cleaned the data using the reproducible BeeDC R-workflow. Specifically, we harmonised species names following established global taxonomy, country, and collection date and we added record-level flags for a series of potential quality issues. These data are provided in two formats, "completely-cleaned" and "flagged-but-uncleaned". Our data cleaning process is open and documented for transparency and reproducibility. The BeeDC package and R Markdown are provided, and will be improved and updated regularly. By publishing reproducible R workflows and globally cleaned datasets we can increase the accessibility and reliability of downstream analyses. This workflow can be implemented for other taxa to support research and conservation.

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Taxonomy of Agapostemon angelicus and the A. texanus species complex (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in the United States

Portman,

Arduser,

Powley

et al. 2024

EJT

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The identification of females of Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell and A. texanus Cresson has been a longstanding problem, with females of the two species considered morphologically indistinguishable. Prompted by recent collections in Minnesota that unexpectedly revealed the presence of A. angelicus as well as a cryptic form of A. texanus, we reassess the taxonomy of the “doubly punctate” Agapostemon species in both Minnesota and the broader United States. Examination of both new and old specimens has allowed us to identify A. angelicus females morphologically, and we reinstate A. subtilior Cockerell stat. rev. from synonymy with A. texanus. We recognize a number of new synonyms of A. subtilior that were formerly considered synonyms of A. texanus: A. borealis Crawford syn. nov., A. californicus Crawford syn. nov., A. texanus vandykei Cockerell syn. nov., A. californicus psammobius syn. nov., A. angelicus idahoensis syn. nov., and A. californicus clementinus syn. nov. We provide keys and diagnoses to allow for morphological identification of A. angelicus, A. subtilior, and A. texanus. We show that A. texanus s. s. has a relatively restricted range in the prairie region of the United States, with A. subtilior making up the bulk of what was formerly considered A. texanus. We further show that A. angelicus has a more extensive range than previously thought. Additional work remains, as there are a number of gaps in the known ranges of these species and more taxonomic work is required in the A. texanus complex south of the United States.

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A Survey of the Insects of the Southern High Plains (Llano Estacado) of Texas, with Particular Reference to Pollinators and Other Anthophiles

Cited by 3 publications

References 48 publications

A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow

Taxonomy of Agapostemon angelicus and the A. texanus species complex (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in the United States

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