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Xylocopa grubaueri Friese, 1903 (Male, Nturalis, Leiden) |
BeeAXylo is a specimen database of Asian carpenter bees preserved in various institutes and museums in the world. The genus Xylocopa is composed of about 500 large bee species distributed worldwide. About 170 are from Asia. They play an important role as pollinators of tropical forests like stingless bees do in tropical Asia. BeeAXylo was constructed to provide basic information for future analysis by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (S-9-2(8)) of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. At this time the specimen data preserved at the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis in Leiden and the Natural History Museum in London are opened to the public.
The total number of specimens of the BeeAXylo at present is 6332 (December 10, 2015). Each record consists of 23 items according to a format of the Darwin Core of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), such as scientific name, country, collecting locality, collecting date, collector, etc.
The BeeAXylo is managed by a text database management system SIGMA.
The BeeAXylo file is supported by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (S-9-2(8)) of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (Head Investigator: Osamu Tadauchi) and a Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Head Investigator: Osamu Tadauchi) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The use of data in this database is free of charge if the objective is academic study or educational purposes.
| 1. | (BOX) | Box |
| 2. | (DATE) | Date Last Modified |
| 3. | (INST) | Institution Code |
| 4. | (COLC) | Collection Code |
| 5. | (NAME) | Scientific Name |
| 6. | (BR) | Basis of Record |
| 7. | (KING) | Kingdom |
| 8. | (PHY) | Phylum |
| 9. | (CL) | Class |
| 10. | (OR) | Order |
| 11. | (FAM) | Family |
| 12. | (GEN) | Genus |
| 13. | (SP) | Species |
| 14. | (AU) | Scientific Name Author |
| 15. | (COL) | Collector |
| 16. | (COLD) | Collecting Date |
| 17. | (C) | Country |
| 18. | (LOC) | Locality |
| 19. | (LONG) | Longitude |
| 20. | (LAT) | Latitude |
| 21. | (SEX) | Sex |
| 22. | (REL) | Relationship Type |
| 23. | (NOTE) | Notes |
| Box | A-1 |
| Date Last Modified | 2012/2/29 |
| Institution Code | Naturalis |
| Collection Code | BeeAXylo |
| Scientific Name | Xylocopa (Hoplaxylocopa) acutipennis Smith |
| Basis of Record | S |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Hymenoptera |
| Family | Apidae |
| Genus | Xylocopa |
| Species | acutipennis |
| Scientific Name Author | Smith, 1854 |
| Collector | H. M. Pendlebury |
| Collecting Date | 27/03/1922 |
| Country | Thailand |
| Locality | Nakon Sri Tamtrat, Khao Luang, 5800 ft. |
| Longitude | N 17 4' 11'' |
| Latitude | E 99 10' 9'' |
| Sex | F |
| Relationship Type | |
| Notes | Naturalis |
Tadauchi, O., C. Hirosawa, H. Inoue, T. Sugimoto, R. Murao, N. Takahashi, S. Sato, K. Mitai and Y. Hara, 2009. Specimen database AIIC, Asian insect information center database, based on types and normal specimens collected in Asia and the Pacific Area, Part 1. Esakia, (49): 1-5.
The data of the bee specimens on the BeeAXylo database were accumulated with the cooperation of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden and the Natural History Museum in London. We are thankful to Dr. C. van Achterberg (Naturalis), Collection Manager (Hymenoptera) Frederique Bakker (Naturalis), and Collection Manager (Hymenoptera) David Notton (NHM) for their assistance.
Entomology Database Project Group (Head: O. Tadauchi, Editors: R. Murao, N. Takahashi, System administrator: H. Inoue, F. Kamitomo) holds the copyright on the entomology database BeeAXylo.
Inquiries and Comments about BeeAXylo Should be the Following E-mail Address.