National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation
Sara Reverté, Marija Miličić, Jelena Ačanski, Andrijana Andrić, Andrea Aracil, Matthieu Aubert, Mario V. Balzan, Ígnasi Bartomeus, Petr Bogusch, Jordi Bosch, Eduardas Budrys, Lisette Cantú‐Salazar, Sílvia Castro, Maurizio Cornalba, Imre Demeter, Jelle Devalez, Achik Dorchin, Éric Dufrêne, Aleksandra Đorđević, Lisa Fisler, Úna Fitzpatrick, Simone Flaminio, Rita Földesi, Hugo Gaspar, David Genoud, Benoît Geslin, Guillaume Ghisbain, Francis Gilbert, Andrej Gogala, Ana Grković, Helge Heimburg, Fernanda Herrera‐Mesías, M Jacobs, Marina Janković, K. Janssen, Jens‐Kjeld Jensen, Ana Ješovnik, Zsolt Józan, Giorgos Karlis, Max Kasparek, Anikó Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Michael Kuhlmann, Romain Le Divelec, Nicolas Leclercq, Laura Likov, Jessica R. Litman, Toshko Ljubomirov, Henning Bang Madsen, Leon Marshall, Libor Mazánek, Dubravka Milić, Maud Mignot, Sonja Mudri‐Stojnić, Antoine Müller, Zorica Nedeljković, Petar Nikolić, Frode Ødegaard, Sébastien Patiny, Juho Paukkunen, Gerard Pennards, Celeste Pérez‐Bañón, A. Perrard, Theodora Petanidou, Lars Pettersson, G. V. Popov, Snežana Popov, Christophe Praz, A. V. Prokhorov, Marino Quaranta, Vladimir G. Radchenko, Snežana Radenković, Pierre Rasmont, Claus Rasmussen, Menno Reemer, Antonio Ricarte, Stephan Risch, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Santos Rojo, Lise Ropars, Paolo Rosa, Carlos Ruíz, Ahlam Sentil, V. Yu. Shparyk, Jan Smit, Daniele Sommaggio, Villu Soon, Axel Ssymank, Gunilla Ståhls, Menelaos C. Stavrinides, Jakub Straka, Peeter Tarlap, Michaël Terzo, Bogdan Tomozii, Tamara Tot, Leendert‐Jan van der Ent, Jeroen van Steenis, Wouter van Steenis, Androulla I. Varnava, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Sanja Veselić
Abstract
Abstract Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution at the national and continental levels is needed to implement efficient conservation actions, but this knowledge is still fragmented and/or difficult to access. As a step forward, we provide an updated list of around 3000 European bee and hoverfly species, reflecting their current distributional status at the national level (in the form of present, absent, regionally extinct, possibly extinct or non‐native). This work was attainable by incorporating both published and unpublished data, as well as knowledge from a large set of taxonomists and ecologists in both groups. After providing the first National species lists for bees and hoverflies for many countries, we examine the current distributional patterns of these species and designate the countries with highest levels of species richness. We also show that many species are recorded in a single European country, highlighting the importance of articulating European and national conservation strategies. Finally, we discuss how the data provided here can be combined with future trait and Red List data to implement research that will further advance pollinator conservation.