Taxonomic Diversity and Ecomorphological Traits of Wild Bees in Mexico and Mesoamerica

Philippe Sagot; Jorge Mérida; Paola Andrea González-Vanegas; Rémy Vandame; Carlos Andres Cultid-Medina

doi:10.15468/m78tu9

Taxonomic Diversity and Ecomorphological Traits of Wild Bees in Mexico and Mesoamerica

Citation

Sagot P, Mérida J, González-Vanegas P A, Vandame R, Cultid-Medina C A, Barrios J M (2023). Taxonomic Diversity and Ecomorphological Traits of Wild Bees in Mexico and Mesoamerica. Version 1.5. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/m78tu9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

This dataset includes 2,757 bee taxa from Mexico and Mesoamerica from the database of the Bee Collection of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico (ECOAB). The bees were determined at the species, genus, or morphospecies level designated by ECOAB. Each taxon was assigned ecomorphological traits: body size, nesting site, sociality, and body structure for pollen transport. For size, smaller, same size, and larger categories were assigned with respect size of Apis mellifera (approx. 10 mm) as a model. To describe nesting habits, the categories underground and aboveground were used for taxa nesting below ground and above ground respectively (regardless of substrate or nesting form). Social, solitary, and parasitic categories were used to describe sociality based on Danforth et al. 2019. Pollen transport structure categories were Scopa, Corbicula, and No pollen collector. In the case of the scopa, its location was specified: leg, referring to the hind leg; ventral, referring to the metasomal sternites, and propodeal. The information assigned to the taxa came from bibliographic searches, observations of specimens, and previous field observations.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Mexico and Central America

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Philippe Sagot
originator
position: Associated Researcher - Curator
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, Barrio de María Auxiliadora
San Cristobal de las Casas
29290
Chiapas
MX
email: sagotphilmex@gmail.com

Jorge Mérida
originator
position: Curator
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, Barrio de María Auxiliadora
San Cristobal de las Casas
29290
Chiapas
MX
email: jorgejoalmer@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0833-4801

Paola Andrea González-Vanegas
originator
position: Curator
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
Telephone: 5550045000
email: pagvanegas@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8807-8640

Rémy Vandame
originator
position: Researcher
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, Barrio de María Auxiliadora
San Cristobal de las Casas
29290
Chiapas
MX
email: remy@ecosur.mx
homepage: https://www.ecosur.mx/abejas/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-1067

Carlos Andres Cultid-Medina
originator
position: Researcher
INECOL. Centro Regional del Bajío
Lazaro Cárdenas 253, Col. Centro.
Patzcuaro
61608
Michoacan
MX
email: carlos.cultid@inecol.mx
homepage: https://bpnlab.wordpress.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-8405

Juan M Barrios
metadata author
position: Researcher
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
Telephone: 5550045000
email: juan.barrios@conabio.gob.mx
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1526-3316

Karen Sanchéz Trejo
programmer
position: Reasearcher
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903, Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
Telephone: 5550045000
email: karen.sanchez@conabio.gob.mx

Carlos Andres Cultid-Medina
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
INECOL. Centro Regional del Bajío
Lazaro Cárdenas 253, Col. Centro.
Patzcuaro
61608
Michoacan
MX
email: carlos.cultid@inecol.mx
homepage: https://bpnlab.wordpress.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-8405