Biosystematic Survey of East Asian Bees & Parasitic Wasps

本项目的主要目的是对东亚地区传粉野生蜜蜂和寄生蜂进行调查，并对其进行系统的生物地理学研究。此外，还对这些有用昆虫的野外搜索和利用进行了规划。1995年对浙江、江西进行了1次野外考察，1次到北京中科院动物研究所(ZIAC)进行了标本检验；1996-1997年对浙江、甘肃、青海3省进行了2次野外考察，对ZIAC进行了1次标本检验。我们还借用和研究了保存在美国和欧洲博物馆和研究所的东亚模式标本，如柏林动物研究所、华盛顿特区史密森研究所、伦敦自然历史博物馆等。我们从本次调查中获得了约5000只蜜蜂和9653只寄生蜂，我们将研究后将它们分成九州大学和ZIAC。在蜜蜂和黄蜂的系统研究方面，我们已经发表或完成了包括许多新种、新记录、新异名在内的10项调查：1：东亚Andrena(Simandrena)的修订；2：东亚Andrena(Calomelissa)；3：东亚Andrena(Holandene)；4：东亚Andrena(Hoplandrena)；5：柏林动物研究所保存的东亚Andrena；6：俄罗斯科学院圣彼得堡保存的东亚Andrena；7：德国昆虫研究所保存的东亚Andrena；8：东亚Osmia的修订；9：中国考察队收集的Hylaeus；10：日本寄生蜂图像数据库的制作。目前，我们正在准备关于中国蚂蚁属系统学的论文，估计约有80个新种，以及本项目调查的野生蜜蜂和寄生蜂的物种多样性。

The main purpose of this project was to make survey of pollinating wild bees and parasitic wasps in eastern Asia and to study them systematically and biogeographically. Searching them in the field and planning of use of these useful insects in future were also designed. We made one field survey to Zhejiang and Jiangxi Provinces and one specimen examination trip to Zoological Institute of Academia Sinica, Beijing (ZIAC) in 1995, and two field surveys to Zhejiang, Gansu and Qinghai Provinces and one specimen examination trip to ZIAC in 1996-1997. We also borrowrd and studied type specimens described from eastern Asia which were preserved US and European museums and institutes, such as Zoological Institute, Berlin, Smithsonian Institute (Matural History), Washington D.C., Natural History Museum, London, etc. We obtained about 5,000 individuals of bees and 9,653 of parasitic wasps from the present surveys, which we will separate them into Kyushu University and ZIAC after our study.With respect to systematic studies of bees and wasps, we slready published or have finished ten investigations including many new species, new records, new synonyms as foolws : 1 : A revision of Andrena (Simandrena) in eastern Asia ; 2 : A revision of Andrena (Calomelissa) in eastern Asia ; 3 : Andrena (Holandrene) in eastern Asia ; 4 : Andrena (Hoplandrena) in eastern Asia ; 5 : East Asian Andrena preserved in Berlin Zoological Institute ; 6 : East Asian Andrena preserved in Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg ; 7 : East Asian Andrena preserved in German Entomological Institute ; 8 : A revision of Osmia in eastern Asia ; 9 : Hylaeus collected by the 1995-1996 expedition in China ; 10 : Image database production of Japanese parasitic wasps, Encyrtidae.We are now preparing papers on systematics of Chinese Andrena which we estimate about 80 new species and also on species diversities of wild bees and parasitic wasps surveyed by the present project.