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: 25 April 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,838 specimen records
  • 59 (3%) georeferenced
  • 83 (5%) with images (429 total images)
  • 1,590 (87%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 121 genera
  • 1,529 species
  • 1,529 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Ancylandrena (1)
  • Andrena (246)
  • Calliopsis (20)
  • Camptopoeum (1)
  • Diandrena (7)
  • Epimethea (1)
  • Glossoperdita (1)
  • Greeleyella (2)
  • Heterosarus (5)
  • Hypomacrotera (2)
  • Mesoxaea (2)
  • Metapsaenythia (1)
  • Nomadopsis (19)
  • Oxaea (2)
  • Panurginus (12)
  • Panurgus (3)
  • Parandrena (1)
  • Perdita (469)
  • Protandrena (21)
  • Protoxaea (1)
  • Psaenythia (5)
  • Pseudopanurgus (17)
  • Spinoliella (3)