报告题目：Overcoming the taxonomic impediment to study of Asia’s bee pollinators: examples from Singapore and Cambodia and prospects for China　　 

　　报 告 人： John S. Ascher 博士，新加坡国立大学 

　　联 系 人： 朱朝东 研究员  010-64807085　　 

　　报告时间：2016年7月15日（周五）上午9:50　　 

　　报告地点：中国科学院动物研究所 E120会议室　　 

　　Abstract: Pollinators of the exceedingly rich Asian flora remain poorly known due in part to the great difficulty of identifying Asian bees. This talk will begin with examples of field and museum research on bees and introduce resources designed to facilitate these studies, in particular new online biodiversity portals featuring specimen records, dynamic identification keys, image databases, and global maps. Examples from Singapore and Cambodia will illustrate how difficult taxonomic problems can be resolved with an integrative taxonomic approach incorporating both traditional morphological and scholarly study and new molecular techniques such as Next-gen DNA barcoding and population genomics. Advancing bee taxonomy will be presented not as an end in itself but rather as a prerequisite for ecological studies, such as documenting new species interactions, e.g., recent discovery of previously undetected native pollinators visiting reintroduced Tiger Orchids in Singapore parks. Characteristics of the Chinese bee fauna will then be reviewed based on an unpublished compilation of data for all valid species and the results of joint field work conducted by the Institute of Zoology and American Museum of Natural History. Finally, prospects for resolving the severe taxonomic impediments to study of Chinese bees will be discussed, involving broadening and scaling up of successful collaborations.　　 

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