Database details
| Database qualifiers | |
|---|---|
| Coverage: |
Global |
| Completeness: | 99% |
| Checklist confidence: |
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| Full name: | World Bee Checklist |
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| Short name: | ITIS Bees |
| Version: | Sep 2009 |
| Release date: | 2009-09-28 |
| Authors/editors: | Ruggiero M. (project leader), Ascher J. et al. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Apodiea - Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Melittidae, Stenotritidae |
| English name of the group: | Bees |
| Number of species: | 20,455 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 662 |
| Number of synonyms: | 2,655 |
| Number of common names: | 64 |
| Total number of names: | 23,836 |
| Abstract: | Together with specialists around the world, ITIS has completed a checklist of the bee species of the world. The checklist (with some synonyms and subspecies) is integrated into the ITIS database. Project led by M. Ruggiero (ITIS). Principal scientific contributors: J.S. Ascher (AMNH, USA), C. Eardley (PPRI, South Africa), T. Griswold (USDA, USA), G. Melo (Federal University of Parana, Brazil), A. Polaszek (NHM, UK), O. Tadauchi (University of Kyushu, Japan), K. Walker (Museum Victoria, Australia), N. Warrit (NMNH, USA), and P. Williams (NHM, UK). Principal technical contributors: D. Nicolson (USGS, USA); J. Pickering (Discover Life and University of Georgia, USA) and D. Remsen (GBIF, Denmark). |
| Organization: | The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Website: |
http://www.itis.gov/beechecklist.html |