Many insect species have shown dramatic declines over the last decades, as a result of man-related environmental changes. Many species which were formerly widespread are now rare. To document this trend with evidence, old records of collected specimens are vital.
We provide here the data on 9752 bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) specimens hosted in several museums of south-east France: Musée des Confluences in Lyon, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Muséum d’Aix-en-Provence and the Muséum Départemental du Var in Toulon. Most of the specimens (9256) come from France and include data on 552 named species. For most of these specimens, the geographical location, including geographical coordinates, is based on the locality (town or village) where they were collected. The specimens were captured from the beginning of the nineteenth century to 2018. The identifications of 1377 specimens, mainly belonging to the genus Bombus, are considered reliable, as these were performed or been checked since 2009. All the other reported identifications are the original ones given by the original collectors.
The study of more than 4000 specimens of Histeridae resulting mainly from sampling realized during the entomological missions of the Musée des Confluences (Lyon) to Morocco (from 2001 till 2011) and of those made by the ECWP at Tamlelt (Bouârfa) in 2008, allows to complete the local geographical distribution of 101 species of this family. Twenty four species are new for Morocco. Pholioxenus chavanoni Gomy sp. nov. is described. A new Eretmotus is also described but not named looking forward to a new revision of the genus.The phenology of the species collected in the Tamlelt's plain is specified.
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