https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=umons_spring_turkiye_2025 UMONS spring Türkiye 2025 Rémi Santerre Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons

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remi.santerre@umons.ac.be Jordan Benrezkallah Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons

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jordan.benrezkallah@umons.ac.be Rémi Santerre Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons

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remi.santerre@umons.ac.be 2026-02-23 eng The dataset provides information about wild bees (Anthophila) collected in southern Türkiye, during a field expedition carried out from the 2025-04-23 to 2025-05-02. It contains 2070 specimens, of which 89% are confidently identified to the species level, which represents 246 species.This dataset is associated with an article submitted to Biodiversity Data Journal: Santerre et al. (submitted) New records of wild bees from a spring expedition in Southern Türkiye, with six new species for the country (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 https://ipt.biodiversity.be/archive.do?r=umons_spring_turkiye_2025 The sampling was carried out acrossin 42 sites distributed across southern Türkiye: 38 were located in the Mediterranean Region (provinces: Adana, Antalya, Mersin, Osmaniye) and four in the south of the Central Anatolia Region (provinces: Karaman, Konya). 30.86059 36.36852 37.61552 36.07575 2025-04-23 2025-05-02 family Halictidae order Hymenoptera family Andrenidae family Megachilidae family Apidae family Colletidae family Melittidae We thank all the persons who contributed to the creation of this dataset, either on administrative questions, sampling, or specimen identification (Denis Michez, Ahmet Murat Aytekin, Seçil Aytekin, Thomas Brau, Frédéric Carion, Fatih Dikmen, Achik Dorchin, Vahap Eldem, Simone Flaminio, Sebastian Hopfenmüller, Ece Kamalak, Michael Kuhlmann, Romain Le Divelec, Anatole Maugendre, Andreas Müller, Çiğdem Özenirler, Pierre Rasmont, Blandine Rigaut, Jakub Straka, Michaël Terzo, Clément Tourbez, Thomas James Wood, Guillaume Ghisbain). We are also grateful to the Directorate General for Nature Conservation and National Parks (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Türkiye) for issuing collection permits. notPlanned Rémi Santerre Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons

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remi.santerre@umons.ac.be Species-level identification was performed in the lab by Thomas Brau (Halictus, Seladonia, Thrincohalictus), Frédéric Carion (Nomada), Achik Dorchin (Eucera), Simone Flaminio (Ceylalictus, Lasioglossum, Rophites), Guillaume Ghisbain (Bombus, Dasypoda), Sebastian Hopfenmüller (Panurginus), Michael Kuhlmann (Colletes), Romain Le Divelec (Hylaeus, Sphecodes), Anatole Maugendre (Coelioxys), Denis Michez (Dasypoda), Andreas Müller (Chelostoma, Hoplitis, Osmia), Pierre Rasmont (Amegilla, Anthophora, Eupavlovskia, Habropoda), Blandine Rigaut (Dufourea), Rémi Santerre (Ammobatoides, Anthophora, Ceratina, Melitturga, Nomiapis), Jakub Straka (Nomada, Sphecodes), Michaël Terzo (Ceratina, Xylocopa), Clément Tourbez (Anthidiellum, Anthidium, Chelostoma, Heriades, Hoplitis, Megachile, Osmia, Protosmia, Pseudoanthidium, Rhodanthidium, Stelis, Stenoheriades) and Thomas J. Wood (Andrena, Camptopoeum, Panurgus). The geographical consistency of the identifications was first verified for each species using centralised resources (e.g. Rasmont 2014, Ascher and Pickering 2025, Müller 2025), then additional targeted documentation was sought and a double-check of the identifications was carried out by Rémi Santerre to confirm the validity of the outliers. The species of particular interest that are highlighted below were illustrated through photographies taken with Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II equipped with a M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens, and stacked with Helicon Focus 8.2 (Helicon Soft Ltd, Kharkiv, Ukraine) (pictures with grey background). Additional close-up images (with white background) were captured through automatic stacking with Keyence VHX-970F digital microscope equipped with a VHX-7020 camera and a VH-Z20R/Z20T zoom lens. The sampling was carried in 42 sites distributed across southern Türkiye. Each site was sampled a single time, between 2025-04-23 and 2025-05-02. Wild bees were collected using hand nets, trying to prioritize the species diversity by sampling on a maximum diversity of flowering plants (no standardized sampling protocol). Samplings were generally carried on from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Specimens were killed with cyanid or ethyl acetate, and pinned in collection the same day. Each specimen was labeled with the main collection information (i.e., Locality, altitude, GPS coordinates, Date, Collector), and with a unique identification code added to the same label. Rémi Santerre Rémi Santerre is supported by a Ph-D grant from Wallonie-Bruxelles International (Excellence WBI.World doctoral scholarship), and received support from the Académie Royale de Belgique (Fonds Agathon de Potter) and the research institute for Biosciences for this expedition. 2026-01-09T15:31:56.196+01:00 dataset Santerre R, Benrezkallah J (2026). Wild bees collected in southern Türkiye in spring 2025. Version 1.2. University of Mons. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=umons_spring_turkiye_2025&v=1.2 Research collection of the Laboratory of Zoology, University of Mons Research collection of Pierre Rasmont Research collection of Andreas Müller Research collection of Achik Dorchin Research collection of Jakub Straka pinned https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?id=umons_spring_turkiye_2025/v1.2.xml