Occurrence data of bee flies housed within the Natural History collection,  Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museums of Kenya

Laban Njoroge; Josiah Achieng; Esther Wangui Mwangi

doi:10.15468/tz10w8

Occurrence data of bee flies housed within the Natural History collection, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museums of Kenya

Citation

Njoroge L, Achieng J, Wangui Mwangi E (2020). Occurrence data of bee flies housed within the Natural History collection, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museums of Kenya. Version 1.1. National Museums of Kenya. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/tz10w8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

Description

Occurrence data of bee flies specimens at the natural history collection of the National museums of Kenya is presented. It comprises of both historical and current data. The taxonomic information is not up-to-date as the collection was not checked by an expert of the African species prior to publishing. Data was mined from the specimen labels into excel spreadsheets as provided by GBIF, georeferenced using Geolocate and validated using GBIF Data Validator.

Taxonomic Coverages

Diptera
common name: Bee Flies rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The specimens are from different places in the African continent

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Laban Njoroge
originator
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Josiah Achieng
originator
position: Research Intern
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE

Esther Wangui Mwangi
originator
position: Biodiversity Informatics
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
email: ewmwangi@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Laban Njoroge
metadata author
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Lawrence Monda
publisher
position: ICT Manager
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lmonda@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke

Laban Njoroge
administrative point of contact
position: Research Scientist
National Museums of Kenya
Box 40658
Nairobi
00100
Nairobi
KE
email: lnjoroge@museums.or.ke
homepage: http://www.museums.or.ke