Full name:

ITIS World Bee Checklist

Short name:

ITIS Bees

Version:

Nov 2008

Release date:

November 1st, 2008

Authors/editors:

T Orrell (custodian)

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Apodiea – Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Melittidae & Stenotritidae

Number of species names:

19,508 accepted names; 1,498 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

479 accepted names; 65 synonyms

Number of common names:

57

Total number of names:

21,607

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: JS 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)

Web site:

http://www.itis.gov/beechecklist.html