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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: 25 April 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
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
  • Agapostemon (12)
  • Augochlora (2)
  • Ceylalictus (1)
  • Conanthalictus (10)
  • Dufourea (32)
  • Habralictus (1)
  • Halictus (39)
  • Lasioglossum (4)
  • Mexalictus (1)
  • Micralictoides (1)
  • Nomia (3)
  • Panurgus (2)
  • Protodufourea (2)
  • Sphecodes (11)
  • Xeralictus (1)