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University of Kansas Natural History Museum Entomology Division (KU-SEMC)

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

Contacts: Michael Engel, msengel@ku.edu
Contacts: Victor Gonzalez-Betancourt, vhgonza@ku.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4146-1634)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 July 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 464,927 specimen records
  • 275,200 (59%) georeferenced
  • 304,415 (65%) with images (321,256 total images)
  • 304,244 (65%) identified to species
  • 6 families
  • 453 genera
  • 8,206 species
  • 8,849 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthopus (16)
  • Aethammobates (1)
  • Afromelecta (1)
  • Aglae (11)
  • Alepidosceles (29)
  • Allodape (1182)
  • Allodapula (899)
  • Alloscirtetica (647)
  • Amegilla (3702)
  • Ammobates (140)
  • Ammobatoides (28)
  • Ancyla (12)
  • Ancyloscelis (278)
  • Anthophora (11157)
  • Anthophorula (1469)
  • Aparatrigona (131)
  • Aphaneura (1)
  • Apis (5036)
  • Apotrigona (16)
  • Arhysoceble (9)
  • Austroplebeia (176)
  • Biastes (227)
  • Bombus (24638)
  • Brachynomada (39)
  • Brachynomadini (11)
  • Braunsapis (3546)
  • Caenonomada (36)
  • Caenoprosopina (2)
  • Caenoprosopis (24)
  • Camargoia (1)
  • Canephorula (25)
  • Cemolobus (23)
  • Centris (9252)
  • Cephalotrigona (711)
  • Ceratina (15259)
  • Chalepogenus (268)
  • Chiasmognathus (48)
  • Chilimalopsis (9)
  • Cleptotrigona (48)
  • Coelioxoides (32)
  • Compsomelissa (23)
  • Ctenioschelus (8)
  • Ctenoplectra (101)
  • Ctenoplectrina (14)
  • Cubitalia (32)
  • Dactylurina (126)
  • Deltoptila (196)
  • Diadasia (4022)
  • Diadasina (371)
  • Dithygater (2)
  • Duckeola (8)
  • Elaphropoda (21)
  • Epeolini (2)
  • Epeoloides (43)
  • Epeolus (1516)
  • Epicharis (776)
  • Epiclopus (76)
  • Eremapis (21)
  • Ericrocis (233)
  • Eucera (3386)
  • Eucerini (8637)
  • Eucondylops (68)
  • Eufriesea (996)
  • Euglossa (6411)
  • Euglossini (2)
  • Eulaema (1357)
  • Exaerete (240)
  • Exomalopsis (2974)
  • Exoneura (551)
  • Exoneuridia (2)
  • Florilegus (443)
  • Friesella (216)
  • Frieseomelitta (881)
  • Gaesischia (968)
  • Geniotrigona (127)
  • Geotrigona (948)
  • Gnathopasites (3)
  • Habrophorula (3)
  • Habropoda (2813)
  • Halterapis (2)
  • Hamatothrix (12)
  • Hasinamelissa (4)
  • Heterotrigona (231)
  • Hexepeolus (10)
  • Holcopasites (228)
  • Homotrigona (436)
  • Hopliphora (58)
  • Hypotrigona (1451)
  • Isepeolus (267)
  • Kelita (10)
  • Lanthanomelissa (251)
  • Leiopodus (199)
  • Lepidotrigona (263)
  • Leptometria (1)
  • Leptometriella (234)
  • Lestrimelitta (749)
  • Leurotrigona (53)
  • Liotrigona (1347)
  • Lisotrigona (58)
  • Lophothygater (1)
  • Loxoptilus (4)
  • Macrogalea (292)
  • Manuelia (207)
  • Martinapis (245)
  • Megascirtetica (1)
  • Melanempis (2)
  • Melecta (357)
  • Melectini (5)
  • Melectoides (11)
  • Meliphilopsis (2)
  • Melipona (3166)
  • Meliponini (729)
  • Meliponula (1132)
  • Melissodes (17130)
  • Melissoptila (1880)
  • Melitoma (719)
  • Melitomella (232)
  • Meliwillea (12)
  • Mesocheira (55)
  • Mesonychium (83)
  • Mesoplia (158)
  • Micronychapis (1)
  • Mirnapis (1)
  • Monoeca (21)
  • Mourella (6)
  • Nannotrigona (2034)
  • Nanorhathymus (19)
  • Nasutapis (52)
  • Neolarra (166)
  • Neopasites (31)
  • Nogueirapis (127)
  • Nomada (5996)
  • Odyneropsis (68)
  • Oreopasites (45)
  • Osirinus (9)
  • Osiris (121)
  • Oxytrigona (1022)
  • Pachymelus (168)
  • Papuatrigona (4)
  • Parammobatodes (20)
  • Paranomada (57)
  • Parapartamona (67)
  • Paratetrapedia (1543)
  • Paratrigona (939)
  • Parepeolus (24)
  • Pariotrigona (33)
  • Partamona (5394)
  • Pasites (106)
  • Peponapis (1177)
  • Plebeia (5047)
  • Plebeiella (3)
  • Plebeina (27)
  • Protepeolus (10)
  • Protosiris (10)
  • Pseudepeolus (2)
  • Ptilothrix (566)
  • Ptilotrigona (208)
  • Rhathymus (32)
  • Rhinepeolus (44)
  • Rhogepeolus (14)
  • Rhopalolemma (4)
  • Santiago (4)
  • Scaptotrigona (4301)
  • Scaura (606)
  • Schmiedeknechtia (5)
  • Schwarziana (65)
  • Simanthedon (7)
  • Sinomelecta (2)
  • Sphecodopsis (35)
  • Svastra (3485)
  • Svastrides (356)
  • Svastrina (5)
  • Syntrichalonia (82)
  • Tapinotaspis (13)
  • Tarsalia (38)
  • Teratognatha (3)
  • Tetragona (1670)
  • Tetragonisca (1694)
  • Tetragonula (5109)
  • Tetralonia (318)
  • Tetraloniella (2160)
  • Tetralonioidella (2)
  • Tetrapedia (745)
  • Thalestria (108)
  • Thygater (1272)
  • Thyreomelecta (6)
  • Thyreus (1077)
  • Toromelissa (3)
  • Townsendiella (38)
  • Trichocerapis (10)
  • Trichonomada (1)
  • Trichotrigona (2)
  • Triepeolus (3048)
  • Trigona (11070)
  • Trigonisca (828)
  • Trigonopedia (49)
  • Triopasites (27)
  • Varthemapistra (1)
  • Wallacetrigona (8)
  • Xenoglossa (321)
  • Xenoglossodes (4)
  • Xeromelecta (365)
  • Xylocopa (7081)
  • Zacosmia (39)