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
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
  • Actenosigynes (1)
  • Amphylaeus (26)
  • Argohesma (3)
  • Belopria (2)
  • Brachyglossula (21)
  • Brachyhesma (80)
  • Cactocolletes (1)
  • Cadeguala (812)
  • Cadegualina (1)
  • Callohesma (37)
  • Callomelitta (282)
  • Caupolicana (632)
  • Cephalocolletes (7)
  • Chaetohesma (4)
  • Chilicola (844)
  • Chrysocolletes (16)
  • Colletes (10635)
  • Crawfordapis (127)
  • Ctenocolletes (10)
  • Diphaglossa (30)
  • Euhesma (22)
  • Eulonchopria (37)
  • Euryglossa (167)
  • Euryglossina (1234)
  • Euryglossula (9)
  • Geodiscelis (4)
  • Hemirhiza (4)
  • Heterohesma (2)
  • Hoplocolletes (2)
  • Hylaeus (9998)
  • Hyleoides (33)
  • Hyphesma (71)
  • Leioproctus (1933)
  • Lonchopria (574)
  • Lonchopriscus (5)
  • Lonchorhyncha (1)
  • Meroglossa (35)
  • Mourecotelles (73)
  • Mydrosoma (11)
  • Mydrosomella (2)
  • Neopasiphae (3)
  • Niltonia (4)
  • Pachyprosopis (104)
  • Palaeorhiza (10)
  • Paracolletes (12)
  • Ptiloglossa (450)
  • Ptiloglossidia (3)
  • Reedapis (33)
  • Scrapter (390)
  • Sericogaster (5)
  • Stenohesma (1)
  • Stenotritus (7)
  • Trichocolletes (178)
  • Xanthesma (91)
  • Xenochilicola (9)