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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
  • Capicola (45)
  • Ceratomonia (4)
  • Dasypoda (300)
  • Eremaphanta (15)
  • Haplomelitta (17)
  • Hesperapis (1133)
  • Macropis (133)
  • Meganomia (38)
  • Melitta (447)
  • Promelitta (7)
  • Pseudophilanthus (5)
  • Rediviva (20)
  • Redivivoides (22)
  • Samba (4)
  • Uromonia (13)