Unexpected discovery of a near cryptic Dasypoda species in southern Spain (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)

Ghisbain, Guillaume; Michez, Denis; Rosa, Paolo; Ferreira, Sónia; Wood, Thomas J.

doi:10.47446/osmia11.6

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“…The total Iberian fauna is represented by approximately 1,100 species belonging to the six major bee families ( Apidae , Andrenidae , Colletidae , Halictidae , Megachilidae and Melittidae ) with approximately 96 species endemic to the Peninsula (8.7%); these values continue to vary due to ongoing taxonomic revisions which both describe and synonymise taxa, as well as adding new records and exclusions (e.g. Ghisbain et al (2021b) , Cross (2023) , Dorchin (2023) , Wood (2023) , Ghisbain et al (2023a) ). Iberia, therefore, hosts slightly over half of the 2,138 bee species from Europe ( Ghisbain et al 2023b ) and around one third of the approximately 3,500 bee species found in the entire West Palaearctic biogeographical region ( Rasmont et al 2017 and subsequent taxonomic works).…”

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The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees

Wood,

Gaspar,

Le Divelec

et al. 2024

BDJ

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Bees are important actors in terrestrial ecosystems and are recognised for their prominent role as pollinators. In the Iberian Peninsula, approximately 1,100 bee species are known, with nearly 100 of these species being endemic to the Peninsula. A reference collection of DNA barcodes, based on morphologically identified bee specimens, representing 514 Iberian species, was constructed. The "InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA Barcodes of Iberian bees" dataset contains records of 1,059 sequenced specimens. The species of this dataset correspond to about 47% of Iberian bee species diversity and 21% of endemic species diversity. For peninsular Portugal only, the corresponding coverage is 71% and 50%. Specimens were collected between 2014 and 2022 and are deposited in the research collection of Thomas Wood (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands), in the FLOWer Lab collection at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), in the Andreia Penado collection at the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP) (Portugal) and in the InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) reference collection (Vairão, Portugal). Of the 514 species sequenced, 75 species from five different families are new additions to the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) and 112 new BINs were added. Whilst the majority of species were assigned to a single BIN (94.9%), 27 nominal species were assigned to multiple BINs. Although the placement into multiple BINs may simply reflect genetic diversity and variation, it likely also represents currently unrecognised species-level diversity across diverse taxa, such as Amegilla albigena Lepeletier, 1841, Andrena russula Lepeletier, 1841, Lasioglossum leucozonium (Schrank, 1781), Nomada femoralis Morawitz, 1869 and Sphecodes alternatus Smith, 1853. Further species pairs of Colletes, Hylaeus and Nomada were placed into the same BINs, emphasising the need for integrative taxonomy within Iberia and across the Mediterranean Basin more broadly. These data substantially contribute to our understanding of bee genetic diversity and DNA barcodes in Iberia and provide an important baseline for ongoing taxonomic revisions in the West Palaearctic biogeographical region.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees

Wood,

Gaspar,

Le Divelec

et al. 2024

BDJ

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National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation

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Miličić,

Ačanski

et al. 2023

Insect Conserv Diversity

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Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution at the national and continental levels is needed to implement efficient conservation actions, but this knowledge is still fragmented and/or difficult to access. As a step forward, we provide an updated list of around 3000 European bee and hoverfly species, reflecting their current distributional status at the national level (in the form of present, absent, regionally extinct, possibly extinct or non‐native). This work was attainable by incorporating both published and unpublished data, as well as knowledge from a large set of taxonomists and ecologists in both groups. After providing the first National species lists for bees and hoverflies for many countries, we examine the current distributional patterns of these species and designate the countries with highest levels of species richness. We also show that many species are recorded in a single European country, highlighting the importance of articulating European and national conservation strategies. Finally, we discuss how the data provided here can be combined with future trait and Red List data to implement research that will further advance pollinator conservation.

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