New records of wild bees from a spring expedition in Southern Türkiye, with six new species for the country (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

2026 · doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e191945
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This paper reports new distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) collected during a spring expedition in Southern Türkiye, adding six species newly recorded for Türkiye. The study is based on field collecting and taxonomic documentation of bee species from the surveyed region, culminating in an update to country-level biodiversity knowledge. The authors note that the results pertain to the timing and locations of the expedition rather than representing a comprehensive nationwide survey. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Bees (Anthophila) are key pollinators, yet major gaps persist in the knowledge of their diversity and distribution, particularly across Mediterranean biodiversity hotspots. Türkiye, located at the intersection of Europe and Asia, hosts amongst richest bee faunas in the Western Palearctic, with more than 1,800 recorded species. Despite previous faunistic work, the national fauna remains incompletely documented, as shown by numerous recent species descriptions and new country records. Additional sampling is therefore required to improve taxonomic and distributional knowledge and to support biodiversity research and conservation in this highly diversified region. The dataset comprises 2,070 wild bee specimens collected in southern Türkiye, with 246 identified species. Among these, six species are recorded for the first time from Türkiye, and several additional noteworthy species of taxonomic, biogeographical or conservation interest are highlighted and illustrated. This dataset provides new, well-documented occurrence records contributing to an improved understanding of bee diversity in the region.
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Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e191945 (18 Mar 2026) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e191945 (18 Mar 2026) Submitted to Biodiversity Data Journal Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e191945 First posted 18 Mar 2026 Authors Rémi Santerre - Corresponding author Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe (Ankara), Türkiye Turkish Doping Control Center, Hacettepe University, Sıhhiye (Ankara), Türkiye Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Stiftung Kulturlandschaft Günztal, Ottobeuren, Germany Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe (Ankara), Türkiye Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe (Ankara), Türkiye Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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