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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (MCZ-ENT)

This collection is a snapshot of an external collection database where only the Bee (Apoidea:Anthophila) records are included.

Contacts: Naomi Pierce, npierce@oeb.harvard.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-3366-1625)
Collection Manager: Crystal Maier, cmaier@fas.harvard.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0001-6435-2775)
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: CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)
Rights Holder: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Collection Statistics
  • 22,020 specimen records
  • 21,099 (96%) georeferenced
  • 11,595 (53%) with images (18,394 total images)
  • 16,133 (73%) identified to species
  • 7 families
  • 130 genera
  • 1,029 species
  • 1,084 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agapostemon (747)
  • Augochlora (153)
  • Augochlorella (612)
  • Augochloropsis (25)
  • Caenohalictus (1)
  • Dialictus (194)
  • Dieunomia (2)
  • Dinagapostemon (1)
  • Dufourea (28)
  • Halictus (376)
  • Homalictus (3)
  • Lasioglossum (3382)
  • Lipotriches (4)
  • Nomia (24)
  • Nomioides (3)
  • Patellapis (2)
  • Ptilocleptis (2)
  • Sphecodes (180)
  • Temnosoma (1)
  • Xeralictus (2)