The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees

Abstract

Of the 514 species sequenced, 75 species from five different families are new additions to the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) and 112 new BINs were added. Whilst the majority of species were assigned to a single BIN (94.9%), 27 nominal species were assigned to multiple BINs. Although the placement into multiple BINs may simply reflect genetic diversity and variation, it likely also represents currently unrecognised species-level diversity across diverse taxa, such as <i>Amegillaalbigena</i> Lepeletier, 1841, <i>Andrenarussula</i> Lepeletier, 1841, <i>Lasioglossumleucozonium</i> (Schrank, 1781), <i>Nomadafemoralis</i> Morawitz, 1869 and <i>Sphecodesalternatus</i> Smith, 1853. Further species pairs of <i>Colletes</i>, <i>Hylaeus</i> and <i>Nomada</i> were placed into the same BINs, emphasising the need for integrative taxonomy within Iberia and across the Mediterranean Basin more broadly. These data substantially contribute to our understanding of bee genetic diversity and DNA barcodes in Iberia and provide an important baseline for ongoing taxonomic revisions in the West Palaearctic biogeographical region.