Bee occurrence data collected in "Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census)" in Japan
Citation
Suzuki-Ohno Y (2021). Bee occurrence data collected in "Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census)" in Japan. Version 1.2. National Institute of Genetics, ROIS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12261 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-06.Description
We collected bee photographs taken by citizens in citizen science program “Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census in English).” Bee occurrence data includes 5,503 records of 16 bumble bee species and 380 records of three carpenter bee species.Sampling Description
Study Extent
We collected bee photographs taken by citizens in citizen science program “Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census in English)” in Japan.Sampling
Species were identified from photographic images, and latitude-longitude data was extracted from GPS data in Exif information of photographs or address in text of e-mail.Quality Control
The consistency of bumble bee species identification by J. Yokoyama was 95% for 15 bumble bee species, and 97.7% for major six species (B. diversus, B. ardens, B. hypocrita, B. ignitus, B. honshuensis, and B. beaticola)Method steps
- We collected bee photographs taken by citizens in citizen science program “Hanamaru-Maruhana national census (Bumble bee national census in English)” in Japan.
Taxonomic Coverages
16 bumble bee species and three carpenter species
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Bombus ardensrank: species
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Bombus beaticolarank: species
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Bombus consobrinusrank: subspecies
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Bombus cryptarumrank: species
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Bombus deuteronymusrank: subspecies
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Bombus diversusrank: species
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Bombus honshuensisrank: species
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Bombus hypnorumrank: subspecies
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Bombus hypocritarank: species
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Bombus ignitusrank: species
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Bombus norvegicusrank: subspecies
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Bombus pseudobaicalensisrank: species
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Bombus schrenckirank: subspecies
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Bombus terrestrisrank: species
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Bombus ussurensisrank: species
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Bombus yezoensisrank: species
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Xylocopa appendiculatarank: subspecies
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Xylocopa flavifronsrank: species
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Xylocopa tranquebarorumrank: species
Geographic Coverages
The Japanese archipelago excluding the Kurile Islands
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Yukari Suzuki-Ohnooriginator
position: Project Assistant Professor
Tohoku university
6-3 Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku
Sendai
980-8578
Miyagi
JP
email: yukari.tohoku.univ@gmail.com
Yukari Suzuki-Ohno
metadata author
position: Project Assistant Professor
Tohoku university
6-3 Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku
Sendai
980-8578
Miyagi
JP
email: yukari.tohoku.univ@gmail.com
Yukari Suzuki-Ohno
administrative point of contact
position: Project Assistant Professor
Tohoku university
6-3 Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku
Sendai
980-8578
Miyagi
JP
email: yukari.tohoku.univ@gmail.com