RRC ID 89535
Author Sentil A, Miličić M, Benrezkallah J, Ačanski J, Andrić A, Aubert M, Bartomeus I, Biella P, Boustani M, Carstensen LB, Bogusch P, Bot S, Brau T, Budrys E, Salazar LC, Cappellari A, Carion F, Castro S, Cavaillès S, Cerretti P, Dathe HH, De Groot M, De Tandt B, Devalez J, Devorsine R, Díaz-Calafat J, Đorđević A, Dormal A, Dufrêne E, Dussaix C, Fedorova Zaytseva LA, Fiordaliso W, Flaminio S, Földesi R, Forgeois V, Gadoum S, Garrin M, Gaspar H, Gazzea E, Geppert C, Gérard M, Geslin B, Ghisbain G, Gibernau M, Grković A, Heimburg H, Herinckx A, Demeter I, Janković Milosavljević M, Janssen K, Kasparek M, Kierat J, Kleijn D, Kuhlmann M, Lair X, Lemaire S, Lenzi L, Likov L, Litman J, Lopes SB, Loureiro J, Maarten J, Maestracci PY, Marini L, Maritano U, Mei M, Mignot M, Stojnić SM, Nedeljković Z, Ockermueller E, Ortiz-Sanchez FJ, Patiny S, Paukkunen J, Pennards G, Perrard A, Petanidou T, Popov G, Popov S, Potts SG, Prokhorov A, Pruner S, Radchenko V, Radenković S, Rasmont P, Reverté S, Ricarte A, Rojo S, Romig T, Rosa P, Ruiz C, Sagot P, Santerre R, Scheper J, Selis M, Sgolastra F, Shparyk V, Siopa C, Skendžic T, Smit J, Sommaggio D, Soon V, Ssymank A, Ståhls G, Stavrinides M, Steffan-Dewenter I, Straka J, Thulier J, Tot T, Tourbez C, van Steenis J, van Steenis W, Varnava A, Veselić S, Vesnic A, Vray S, Williams P, Wood TJ, Zimmermann D, Żmuda A, Vujić A, Michez D, de Manincor N.
Title Synthesised database of wild bee and hoverfly records in Europe.
Journal Sci Data
Abstract Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) and hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), the two major groups of insect pollinators, are undergoing alarming declines worldwide, including Europe. The lack of accessible and verified spatial and temporal occurrence records currently challenges efforts to understand and mitigate this decline. Here, we compiled datasets from diverse sources, including taxonomists, national experts, public repositories, museum collections, published literature, verified open-access platforms, and aggregated datasets from previous European projects. The collected data were standardised, cleaned and validated by taxonomists and national experts. This collective effort resulted in two databases comprising more than 4.34 million and 1.04 million records for wild bees and hoverflies, respectively. The databases cover 97% of the European bee fauna (2,083 species out of 2,138 recorded in Europe) and 97% of the European hoverfly fauna (886 species out of 913 recorded in Europe). These standardised databases constitute essential resources for future assessments of status and trends, habitat associations, and other research and conservation initiatives to protect and understand wild pollinators on the European continent.
Volume 13(1)
Pages 227
Published 2026-1-30
DOI 10.1038/s41597-026-06644-2
PII 10.1038/s41597-026-06644-2
PMID 41617738
PMC PMC12901025
MeSH Animals Bees* / classification Biodiversity Databases, Factual Diptera* / classification Europe Pollination
Resource
GBIF Hymenoptera collection of National Museum of Nature and Science