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The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)-version 2025
Authors/Creators
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Ghisbain, Guillaume1
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Rosa, Paolo1
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Bogusch, Petr2
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Brau, Thomas1
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Carion, Fré-Déric1
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Manincor, Natasha De1
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Devalez, Jelle3
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Dorchin, Achik4
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Flaminio, Simone1
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Greil, Henri5
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Hölzler, Gerald6
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Hopfenmül-Ler, Sebastian7
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Kasparek, Max8
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Kuhlmann, Michael9
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Divelec, Romain Le1
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Lit-Man, Jessica10
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Maugendre, Anatole1
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Michez, Denis1
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Müller, Andreas11
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Ortiz-Sánchez, Francisco Javier12
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Praz, Christophe13
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Radchenko, Vladimir G.14
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Rasmont, Pierre1
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Risch, Stephan15
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Roberts, Stuart P. M.16
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Santerre, Rémi1
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Schmid-Egger, Chris-Tian17
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Sentil, Ahlam1
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Straka, Jakub18
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Williams, Paul H.19
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Wood, Thomas J.20
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Reverté, Sara1
- 1. Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium
- 2. Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
- 3. University of Tartu Natural History Museum, Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia
- 4. Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium & Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.
- 5. Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Bee Protection, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany.
- 6. University of Vienna, Austria, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Wien, Austria.
- 7. Stiftung Kulturlandschaft Günztal, Ottobeuren, Germany.
- 8. Mönchhofstr. 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
- 9. Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstr. 3, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
- 10. Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel, Terreaux 14, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- 11. ETH Zürich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Biocommunication and Entomology, Schmelzbergstrasse 9/LFO, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- 12. Grupo de Investigación "Transferencia de I+D en el Área de Recursos Naturales", Universidad de Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, E-04120 Almería, Spain;
- 13. Info fauna Swiss Zoological Records Center, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- 14. Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, acad. Lebedev, 37, 03143 Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 15. Imbacher Weg 59, D-51381 Leverkusen, Germany.
- 16. Agroecology Lab,Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
- 17. Fischerstrasse 1, 10317 Berlin, Germany
- 18. Charles University, Department of Zoology, Viničná 1594/7, 128 00 Praha, Czech Republic.
- 19. Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
- 20. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Description
Ghisbain, Guillaume, Rosa, Paolo, Bogusch, Petr, Brau, Thomas, Carion, Fré-Déric, Manincor, Natasha De, Devalez, Jelle, Dorchin, Achik, Flaminio, Simone, Greil, Henri, Hölzler, Gerald, Hopfenmül-Ler, Sebastian, Kasparek, Max, Kuhlmann, Michael, Divelec, Romain Le, Lit-Man, Jessica, Maugendre, Anatole, Michez, Denis, Müller, Andreas, Ortiz-Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Praz, Christophe, Radchenko, Vladimir G., Rasmont, Pierre, Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Santerre, Rémi, Schmid-Egger, Chris-Tian, Sentil, Ahlam, Straka, Jakub, Williams, Paul H., Wood, Thomas J., Reverté, Sara (2025): The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)-version 2025. Zootaxa 5736 (1): 1-126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5736.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5736.1.1
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