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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
  • Anthidium (17)
  • Anthocopa (11)
  • Ashmeadiella (33)
  • Chelostoma (4)
  • Chelostomoides (1)
  • Chelynia (7)
  • Coelioxys (6)
  • Dianthidium (13)
  • Dioxys (4)
  • Heriades (5)
  • Heteranthidium (2)
  • Heterostelis (2)
  • Hoplitis (4)
  • Lithurgus (4)
  • Megachile (39)
  • Osmia (66)
  • Othinosmia (1)
  • Paranthidium (1)
  • Proteriades (14)
  • Pycnanthidium (1)
  • Raphidostoma (1)
  • Robertsonella (2)
  • Stelis (16)
  • Titusella (1)
  • Trachusa (2)