Checklist of the Wild Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) of Vermont, USA

Checklist
Latest version published by Vermont Center for Ecostudies on Jan 17, 2024 Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Publication date:
17 January 2024
License:
CC-BY 4.0

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 362 records in English (19 KB) - Update frequency: as needed
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Description

This is a checklist of the known species of wild bees recorded in Vermont, USA. The checklist is derived from literature and verified records from specimens, surveys, photographs, and other verified records by the Vermont Wild Bee Survey, a project of the Vermont Atlas of Life.

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 362 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Taxon (core)
362
VernacularName 
752
Distribution 
358

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Hardy S, Ascher J, McFarland K (2024). Checklist of the Wild Bees (Apoidea: Anthophila) of Vermont, USA. Version 1.1. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Checklist dataset. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=wild-bee-checklist-vermont&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 950853df-adf7-4c5a-b955-266bb6a194df.  Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventoryregional

Contacts

Spencer Hardy
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
05055 Norwich
Vermont
US
John Ascher
  • Originator
Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore
Kent McFarland
  • Metadata Provider
Conservation Biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420
05055 Norwich
Vermont
US
802.649.1431
Kent McFarland
  • Metadata Provider
conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
05091 Norwich
Vermont
US

Geographic Coverage

State of Vermont, USA

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.634, -73.63], North East [45.105, -71.345]

Project Data

https://val.vtecostudies.org/

Title Vermont Atlas of Life
Identifier VAL
Funding https://val.vtecostudies.org/
Study Area Description State of Vermont, USA
Design Description https://val.vtecostudies.org/

Sampling Methods

Checklist derived from verified records in literature, specimens in public and private collections, collections and photographs from surveys and projects, photographs from crowd-sourced projects.

Study Extent State of Vermont, USA
Quality Control All records were verified by expert taxonomists

Method step description:

  1. The checklist was part of an overall collection of occurrence records from current and historic projects and collections via the Vermont Wild Bee Survey.

Additional Metadata