Occurance Data from the Revision of the Dufoureine Genus Micralictoides

Occurrence Specimen
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5 June 2025
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Description

This occurrence dataset encompasses the specimens identified and reviewed by Bohart and Griswold in their work, "A Revision of the Dufoureine Genus Micralictoides Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)" (1987). This data publication aims to serve as a reliable resource with definitive species identifications and new material reviewed by the original authors. The dataset seeks to address the challenges highlighted by Meier et al. (2004) for reliable datasets: (1) misidentification of unrevised museum specimens; (2) the broad range of private and public collections included in specimen lists from revisionary studies; and (3) the cost-effectiveness of obtaining specimen records from revisions.

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 855 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:

Griswold T, Ikerd H (2025). Occurance Data from the Revision of the Dufoureine Genus Micralictoides. Version 1.1. USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=micralictoides&v=1.1

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

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Keywords

Occurrence; Metadata; bees; pollinators; insects; solitary bees; Specimen; Specimen

Contacts

Terry Griswold
  • Originator
  • Research Scientist
USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit
  • 5310 Old Main Hill
84322-5310 Logan
Utah
US
Harold Ikerd
  • ●
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Biological Science Lab Technician
USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit
  • 5310 Old Main Hill
84321 Logan
Utah
US
  • 435-797-2526

Geographic Coverage

Southwestern North America. United States: California, Nevada, Arizona

Bounding Coordinates South West [0, -123], North East [41, 0]

Taxonomic Coverage

Species of the rophitine genus Micralictoides

Order Hymenoptera
Superfamily Apoidea
Family Halictidae
Subfamily Rophitinae
Genus Micralictoides
Species Micralictoides altadenae, Micralictoides quadriceps, Micralictoides ruficaudus, Micralictoides grossus, Micralictoides mojavensis, Micralictoides dinoceps, Micralictoides linsleyi, Micralictoides chaenactidis

Collection Data

Collection Name U.S. National Pollinating Insects Collection
Collection Identifier c0e5f597-c80b-421c-acb2-c5b559e73f46
Parent Collection Identifier e1666b1f-f017-4a8f-8d98-a675360bed6e
Specimen preservation methods Pinned

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Meier, Rudolf and Dikow, Torsten. 2004. "Significance of Specimen Databases from Taxonomic Revisions for Estimating and Mapping the Global Species Diversity of Invertebrates and Repatriating Reliable Specimen Data." Conservation Biology, 18, (2) 478–488. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00233.x. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00233.x.
  2. Griswold T, Gonzalez V, Ikerd H (2014) AnthWest, occurrence records for wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Anthidiini) in the Western Hemisphere. ZooKeys 408: 31-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.408.5633 https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset/AnthWest_occurrence_records_for_wool_carder_bees_of_the_genus_Anthidium_Hymenoptera_Megachilidae_Anthidiini_in_the_Western_Hemisphere/24660165
  3. MEIER, R. and DIKOW, T. (2004), Significance of Specimen Databases from Taxonomic Revisions for Estimating and Mapping the Global Species Diversity of Invertebrates and Repatriating Reliable Specimen Data. Conservation Biology, 18: 478-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00233.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00233.x

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements

The original acknowledgements from the 1987 revision of Micralictoides:

We are grateful to the following individuals for providing the majority of theapproximately 650 specimens used in this study: P. Timberlake and S. Frommer, University of California at Riverside (UCR), R. Bohart, University of California at Davis (UCD), P. Hurd, University of California at Berkeley (UCB), R. Snelling, Los Angeles County Museum (LACM), C. Michener, University of Kansas (SMEK), W. Pulawski, California Academy of Sciences (CAS), J. Rozen and M. Favreau, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), D. Faulkner, San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNH), and U. Lanham, University of Colorado (UC). This is a contribution from the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4810, Journal Paper No. 3342, and USDA-Agricultural Research Service-Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5310. 
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=micralictoides