@article{fdi:010090267,
  title = {{C}hecklist of the bees ({H}ymenoptera, {A}poidea) of {N}ew {C}aledonia},
  author = {{Z}akardjian, {M}. and {J}ourdan, {H}erv{\'e} and {C}ochenille, {T}. and {M}ahe, {P}risca and {G}eslin, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground {I}n a world where insects and notably bees are declining, assessing their distribution over time and space is crucial to evaluate species status and highlight conservation priorities. {H}owever, this can be a daunting task, especially in areas such as tropical oceanic islands where exhaustive samplings over time have been lacking. {T}his is the case in {N}ew {C}aledonia, an archipelago located in the southwest {P}acific. {H}istorical records of bee species are piecemeal and, although contemporary samplings have significantly advanced our knowledge of the bee fauna of {N}ew {C}aledonia, the status of several species remains to be elucidated. {N}ew information {H}ere, we provide an updated checklist of the 51 bee species recorded for {N}ew {C}aledonia using previous publications and personal samplings. {W}e documented their distribution, origin (i.e. endemic, native or alien) and the year and location of their occurrences. {B}ased on the year of their first capture and the year of their last capture, we determined an occurrence status for each species. {T}hus, 10 years after the last checklist of the {N}ew {C}aledonian bee fauna, the literature review and recent samplings allowed us to add six new species to the list. {H}alf of them are recently introduced species including one firstly mentioned in this paper (i.e. {H}ylaeus albonitens). {W}e consider here that 30 species are effectively present on the territory and the presence of 21 species could not be determined due to a lack of data, which highlights the need to increase sampling efforts across {N}ew {C}aledonia. {G}iven the difficulty of exhaustively sampling the entire archipelago, we would recommend taking, as a starting point, altitude environments and areas where data deficient species were captured. {I}n a broader perspective, biomolecular analyses are crucial to confirm species identifications. {T}his is also needed to make comparisons between archipelagoes and thus clarify the distribution and status of species at the scale of the southwest {P}acific.},
  keywords = {bee distribution ; occurrences ; alien species ; island ecosystem ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iodiversity {D}ata {J}ournal},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {},
  pages = {e105291 [37 p.]},
  ISSN = {1314-2836},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.3897/{BDJ}.11.e105291},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090267},
}