Description
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 155 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kaleli K, Dikmen F, Wood T J, Özenirler Ç, Aytekin A M (2026). Occurrence records of Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from the Mediterranean region of Türkiye. Version 1.1. Biodiversity Data Journal. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=andrena_med_tr&v=1.1
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biodiversity Data Journal. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Andrena; bee diversity; Mediterranean Region; pollinator-plant interactions; new records; taxonomy
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
The geographic coverage of this dataset encompasses the Mediterranean region of Türkiye.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [35.389, 26.455], North East [38.686, 39.727] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
This dataset covers 81 taxa of wild bees belonging to the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) recorded in the Mediterranean region of Türkiye.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Hymenoptera |
| Family | Andrenidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2008-04-25 / 2009-07-22 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Contributions to the Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) Fauna of the Mediterranean Region of Türkiye |
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The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Field studies were conducted during the spring and summer seasons of 2008 and 2009. Due to the extensive survey area, an opportunistic sampling protocol was employed to maximize the number of collected specimens. All adult bees were actively captured using hand nets and aspirators. Additionally, the specific floral resources visited by the bees during capture were either explicitly recorded in the field or collected for subsequent botanical identification.
| Study Extent | The study was conducted within the Mediterranean Region of southern Türkiye, covering a survey area of more than 100,000 km² (bounded approximately by 27–37°E longitude and 35.5–38.5°N latitude). The geographic extent encompasses twelve provinces representing the core distribution of the Mediterranean basin in the country. Eight provinces are entirely located within the region (Adana, Antalya, Burdur, Hatay, Isparta, Mersin, Muğla, and Osmaniye), while four are partly situated within it (Denizli, Karaman, Kahramanmaraş, and Niğde). |
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Method step description:
- 1- Opportunistic field collection of adult bee specimens using hand nets and aspirators during the spring and summer seasons of 2008 and 2009. 2- In-situ recording or physical collection of the associated floral host plants visited by the bees. 3- Laboratory examination and morphological documentation of the bee specimens using a Zeiss Discovery V8 stereoscopic microscope. 4- Taxonomic identification of the bee specimens to the species level by an entomological expert, and identification of the collected plant specimens by a botanical expert. 5- Categorization of all records into literature-based and collection-based data sources to identify new regional occurrences. 6- Digitization and spatial visualization of the specimen occurrence data into a standardized format for geographic representation.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Istanbul University Zoology Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | ZMUI |
| Specimen preservation methods | Pinned |
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Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | This study was partly supported by Hacettepe University Research Foundation Project No: 0701601016(10-10-2007/10-10-2010) and by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (BAP) of Istanbul University under project number 50144. We are also grateful to D. Töre for conducting the identification of plant specimens. |
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| Maintenance Description | The dataset is static and associated with a peer-reviewed publication. Updates are not planned unless taxonomic corrections are required in the future. |
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=andrena_med_tr |