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- Title
Updates to the checklist of the wild bee fauna of Luxembourg as inferred from revised natural history collection data and fieldwork.
- Authors
Herrera Mesías, Fernanda; Weigand, Alexander M.
- Abstract
Background Museums and other institutions curating natural history collections (NHCs) are fundamental entities to many scientific disciplines, as they house data and reference material for varied research projects. As such, biological specimens preserved in NHCs represent accessible physical records of the living world's history. They provide useful information regarding the presence and distribution of different taxonomic groups through space and time. Despite the importance of biological museum specimens, their potential to answer scientific questions, pertinent to the necessities of our current historical context, is often underexplored. The currently-known wild bee fauna of Luxembourg comprises 341 registered species distributed amongst 38 different genera. However, specimens stored in the archives of local NHCs represent an untapped resource to update taxonomic lists, including potentially overlooked findings relevant to the development of national conservation strategies.
- Subjects
BEES; MUSEUMS; GENETIC barcoding; TAXONOMY; NATURAL history
- Publication
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1314-2836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/BDJ.9.e64027