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Title: Megachilid Bees Phylogenetic


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Megachilid BeesPhylogenetic Revisionary
StudiesIn the context of African Pollinator
Initiative The Global Pollinator Summit
  • Bryan Danforth Terry Griswold
  • Current Collaborators
  • Connal Eardley
  • Mary Gikingu
  • Peter Kwapong

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Megachilidae
  • Important Pollinators
  • High Potential for Managed Crop Pollinators
  • Nesting in wood/stems

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Megachilidae
  • Conservation
  • Many rare and endemic species
  • Explore Evolution
  • Parasitism
  • Nesting traits
  • Floral preferences

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Goals
  • Higher level phylogeny of the family
  • Generic/subgeneric phylogenetic revision of
    Anthidiini
  • Combined molecular morphological data
  • Revisions of cosmopolitan and African genera of
    Anthidiini
  • Digital library for Anthidiini

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Focus on African Anthidiini
  • Highest generic/subgeneric diversity
  • Least known fauna
  • 34 known from only one sex
  • 21 known only from holotype
  • Biological data sparse

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Outcomes
  • Stable generic/subgeneric classification
  • Revisions of many African genera

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Outcomes
  • Digital Library
  • Catalog
  • Digitized georeferenced specimen of data
  • Digital images
  • Types
  • Interactive keys
  • Species Pages

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Challenges
  • Recent material for molecular analysis
  • Adequate material for good revisions
  • Geographical gaps
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