学术报告 报告题目: Overcoming the taxonomic impedimentto study of Asia’s bee pollinators: examples from Singapore and Cambodia andprospects 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 remainpoorly 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 andintroduce resources designed to facilitate these studies, in particular newonline biodiversity portals featuring specimen records, dynamic identificationkeys, image databases, and global maps. Examples from Singapore and Cambodiawill illustrate how difficult taxonomic problems can be resolved with anintegrative taxonomic approach incorporating both traditional morphological andscholarly study and new molecular techniques such as Next-gen DNA barcoding andpopulation genomics. Advancing bee taxonomy will be presented not as an end initself but rather as a prerequisite for ecological studies, such as documentingnew species interactions, e.g., recent discovery of previously undetectednative pollinators visiting reintroduced Tiger Orchids in Singapore parks.Characteristics of the Chinese bee fauna will then be reviewed based on anunpublished compilation of data for all valid species and the results of jointfield work conducted by the Institute of Zoology and American Museum of NaturalHistory. Finally, prospects for resolving the severe taxonomic impediments tostudy of Chinese bees will be discussed, involving broadening and scaling up ofsuccessful collaborations. 欢迎老师同学参加!
牛泽清博士论文期间师从黄大卫研究员、吴燕如研究员,专攻隧蜂科形态分类,2004年博士毕业。近年由于传粉生物学研究和国际合作需要,他开展了和英国自然历史博物馆 Michael Khulmann博士 的合作,对分舌蜂属进行研究。根据合作计划,他将整理动物研究所馆藏该属标本,并在国内广泛采集,争取系列成文。 这些工作,不仅为后续该属进一步修订积累数据,也将为系统学、传粉生物学、进化生物学研究工作奠定基础。 2013年3月,他关于 Colletes succinctus-group的论文发表。该论文涉及中国4个物种。 Ze-Qing NIU, Michael Khulmann, Chao-Dong ZHU, 201 3. A review of the Colletes succinctus-group (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from China with redescription of the male of C. gigas. Zootaxa 3626 (1): 173 – 187. 论文 .pdf 在前期勤奋工作的基础上,近日他又有新作发表。 该论文全文50页,包括1个物种检索表、32个图版(彩色图版29个),涉及23个物种,其中7个新种。 论文附件较大(61.1 MB)。由于 科学网博客可上传附件大小限制,我提供了ResearchGate的下载地址。有兴趣的同仁可以点击链接下载。 Ze-Qing NIU, Chao-Dong ZHU, Michael Khulmann, 2013. Bees of the Colletes clypearis-group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from China with descriptions of seven new species . Zootaxa 3745 (2): 101–151. 图示:牛泽清、辛文和甄文全博士毕业答辩会(2004年) Jerome Rozen和John Ascher博士在四川采集蜜蜂(2011年5月) 图示:牛泽清博士和吴燕如研究员(2011年12月) 图示:Michael Khulmann博士来访,检视动物研究所馆藏标本(2012年3月) 图示:牛泽清博士在西藏林芝设置马来氏网(2012年8月) 图示:牛泽清博士在江西新岗山采集(2013年5月)