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California Academy of Sciences - Type Collection (CAS-CASTYPE)

This collection contains the bee type specimens housed at the California Academy of Sciences.

Collection Manager: Chris Grinter, cgrinter@calacademy.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3769-1664)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 1,839 specimen records
  • 61 (3%) georeferenced
  • 87 (5%) with images (450 total images)
  • 1,586 (86%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 121 genera
  • 1,525 species
  • 1,525 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Geographic Distribution
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