#flavidus

TETTRIs

@tettris.eu

8 months ago

European red list of bees - Publications Office of the EU The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at t...

According to the European Red List of Bees (2014), its reference collection includes at least nine endangered species.

Check out the list here: doi.org/10.2779/51181

#NameItToSaveIt #TETTRISEu #terrestris #pascuorum #flavidus #gerstaeckeri #taxonomy #biodiversity

INC-STEP Reference Collection

@incstep.bsky.social

8 months ago

Infographic illustrating some preliminary results our focal-taxa the genus Bombus (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Its taxonomic difficulty is considered high (shown in red). The INC-STEP referecen collection comprises over 9,400 specimens (photo of a entomological box, pic no. 2) belonging to 36 out of 38 species (photo of a mounted specimen, pic no. 1). The species with the most specimens is 'Bombus terrestris' (represented by a photo of a live specimen over a flower, pic no. 3). Source: our own Photo credits: MNCN Ent. Coll. & Joan Parera Riera (CC BY-NC-ND)

Our partner institutions #INCSTEP together house >9.4K specimens belonging to 36 of the 38 recognised species in our territory! 🌍

The top species are B. #terrestris 🥇 and #pascuorum 🥈, with >2,000 specimens each! However, B. #flavidus and #gerstaeckeri are absent from our collection... 🫙