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Lost specimens show Spanish bee is an Iberian endemic
Original: Lost type specimens reveal a Spanish bee thought to span Asia is an Iberian endemic
Researchers have re-examined long-lost type specimens of a bee long believed to range from Spain across Asia, and concluded the species is actually endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. The finding, published in the journal ZooKeys, significantly narrows the insect's known distribution and highlights how museum collections can overturn long-standing assumptions about species ranges.
Why now: New taxonomic research revising the bee's range has just been published, drawing attention from science media.
Evidence
- Lost type specimens reveal a Spanish bee thought to span Asia is an Iberian endemic · Bioengineer.org
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