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
  • Acanthidium (1)
  • Acedanthidium (1)
  • Afranthidium (92)
  • Afroheriades (7)
  • Afrostelis (3)
  • Aglaoapis (12)
  • Anthidiellum (621)
  • Anthidiini (70)
  • Anthidium (4611)
  • Anthodioctes (302)
  • Apianthidium (1)
  • Ashmeadiella (3156)
  • Atoposmia (235)
  • Aztecanthidium (40)
  • Bathanthidium (3)
  • Benanthis (1)
  • Chalicodoma (3238)
  • Chelostoma (856)
  • Coelioxys (3500)
  • Creightonella (200)
  • Cyphanthidium (1)
  • Dianthidium (1192)
  • Dioxys (168)
  • Duckeanthidium (10)
  • Ensliniana (2)
  • Eoanthidium (43)
  • Epanthidium (208)
  • Euaspis (155)
  • Fidelia (49)
  • Fideliopsis (6)
  • Haetosmia (7)
  • Heriades (2170)
  • Hofferia (12)
  • Hoplitis (2798)
  • Hoplostelis (58)
  • Hypanthidiodes (10)
  • Hypanthidioides (259)
  • Hypanthidium (268)
  • Icteranthidium (148)
  • Lithurgus (524)
  • Megachile (22178)
  • Metadioxys (1)
  • Microthurge (31)
  • Neofidelia (78)
  • Notanthidium (94)
  • Noteriades (6)
  • Ochreriades (4)
  • Osmia (7470)
  • Othinosmia (3)
  • Pachyanthidium (79)
  • Paradioxys (13)
  • Paranthidium (154)
  • Pararhophites (45)
  • Plesianthidium (96)
  • Prodioxys (6)
  • Protosmia (63)
  • Pseudoanthidium (213)
  • Pseudoheriades (7)
  • Rhodanthidium (300)
  • Serapista (20)
  • Stelis (543)
  • Stenoheriades (8)
  • Stenosmia (12)
  • Trachusa (674)
  • Trachusoides (1)
  • Trichothurgus (227)
  • Wainia (2)
  • Xenostelis (1)