DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13936315
title: Bees of the IMBE collection in Marseille: new data for southeastern France (Hymenoptera)

description: Version 2 (18 Dec. 2024)

Some Nomada had their identification corrected by Eric Dufrêne.

Nomenclatural changes requalified as Bombus mastrucatus specimens previously identified as Bombus wurflenii, and corrected the spelling of Hoplitis mocsaryi.

The dataset now includes 2181 specimens belonging to 246 species.

Version 1 (14 Nov. 2024)

We provide distribution data on 2180 specimens belonging to 244 species of bees, mainly from Mediterranean France. For each specimen, the following columns are given, with names from the Darwin-core system of the Blobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Coding is UTF-8.

Beware : some locality names and comments contain an quotation mark ('), which should be taken into account when reading the data with R or other statistical systems.

All specimens are stored at the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE, Marseille, France).

 
description: Column label



Column description





occurrenceID



Unique specimen identifier : H (for Hymenoptera) and four digits 





catalogNumber



Institution code (i.e. IMBE) followed by individual occurrenceID. Each specimen bears a label with this identifier.





basisOfRecord



The specific nature of the data record (i.e. PreservedSpecimen)





eventDate



Event date in the format YYYY-MM-DD if the capture date is known to the date, or YYYY if only the year is known. If time of capture is known, then format is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM, with HH:MM the local time.





year



Year of capture





month



Month of capture if known





day



Day of capture if known





verbatimEventDate



Date of capture, as mentioned on the label





scientificName



Lowest taxonomic rank possible, usually the species name, sometimes the subspecies, with author and year.





identificationQualifier



In case the identification could be given only to a species group 'cf.' is input.





identificationRemarks



Any comment on the identification of the specimen, with list of possible species.





kingdom



Kingdom name (i.e. Animalia)





phylum



Phylum name (i.e. Arthropoda)





class



Phylum name (i.e. Arthropoda)





order



Order name (i.e. Hymenoptera)





family



Family name





genus



Genus name





specificEpithet



Species epithet of the scientificName





infraspecificEpithet



Subspecific epithet, if any is relevant





scientificNameAuthorship



Name of the scientist who described the species, and year of description publication





sex



Male (M) or female (F)





caste



Queen or worker if known





taxonRank



Taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName





identifiedBy



Name of the entomologist who identified the specimen.





dateIdentified



Year of identification





identificationVerificationStatus



Whether (coded 1) or not (coded 0) the identification is reliable to species level.



 previousIdentifications
Species name originally given on the specimen label




country



Country of capture





countryCode



Two letter country code of the specimen origin





stateProvince



French departmental administrative division. In the case of non-French data, any relevant country administrative subdivision





locality



Location of capture, usually the municipality





verbatimLocality



Any geographical indication on the label





occurrenceRemarks



Any ecological data or comment on the label, inclucing capture method if known





decimalLatitude



Geographic latitude (in decimal degrees) of the capture location





decimalLongitude



Geographic longitude (in decimal degrees) of the capture location





geodeticDatum



System and set of reference points upon which the geographic coordinates are based (i.e. WGS 84)





coordinateUncertaintyInMeters



Uncertainty in coordinates, in meters





minimumElevationInMeters



Lower limit of the range of altitudes indicated on the label or in the associated reference





maximumElevationInMeters



Higher limit of the range of altitude indicated on the label or in the associated reference





georeferencedBy



Identity of the person who added the latitude and longitude data, i.e. either the original recorder or Nève, Gabriel





georeferenceProtocol



How the georeference was computed, i.e. either from georeference web sites or from label data (verbatimLocality)





georeferenceSources



Georeference code was inferred from geoportail.gouv.fr, French ING maps or GoogleEarthPro





georeferencedDate



Georeference work was either performed at the time of recording or in 2024





recordedBy



Name of collector (i.e. legit information)





otherCatalogNumbers



Any other code the specimen may have, usually according to the study protocol during which it was captured





institutionCode



Institution where the specimen is held (i.e. IMBE, Marseille)





organismQuantity



Number of individuals bearing the same label (usually 1)





organismQuantityType



Individuals





language



The data set is mainly written in French, apart from column headings, which are in English





associatedReferences



Any reference citing the relevant specimen