Collaborative Research: Bees of the World - Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations

合作研究：世界蜜蜂 - 系统基因组学、生物地理学和寄主植物关联的进化

• 批准号: 2127744
• 负责人: Elizabeth Murray
• 金额: $ 117.67万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2127744&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Bees; World; Phylogenomics

Bees are vitally important to agriculture, food security, and the preservation of natural ecosystems due to their pollination services. Over 85% of the 325,000 flowering plant species on the planet depend on animal pollination and the vast majority is carried out by bees. In the U.S.A. alone bees are responsible for the commercial production of 130 crop plants, generating over $11 billion in annual revenue. The value of bees to nature and human well-being is abundantly clear. The partnership between bees and flowering plants formed over 100 million years ago, and since that time, bees have radiated globally into an astounding 20,000+ different species, many of which are specialist pollinators of particular plant species or families. The study of bee biodiversity is urgently needed because there is growing evidence that some bee species are in decline and baseline knowledge of bee diversity, distribution, and family relationships is incomplete. The Bees of the World project has the potential to significantly improve knowledge of bee biodiversity and to establish a guide to interpret key traits of bees, such as their host-plant associations. By utilizing recent advances in DNA sequencing technology, a comprehensive tree-of-life for bees will be generated for the first time, providing a framework from which to study bee diversity and their relationships with plants. To disseminate results and general bee knowledge, the project will engage in multiple outreach efforts with professional and non-professional audiences. Activities include creation of a virtual bee course, teaching of a molecular methods workshop, and, in collaboration with the Natural History Museum of Utah, development of exhibits and youth education activities focused on pollinators.The project will use cutting edge molecular and analytical methods and engage a global network of collaborators to assemble a comprehensive phylogenomic dataset for bees. The project aims are to: (1) resolve remaining uncertainties in higher-level bee phylogeny and classification, (2) incorporate fossils to reconstruct the global biogeographic history of bees, revealing the origin and spread of bee diversity over time, and (3) analyze patterns of host-plant use across bees and for targeted clades at lower taxonomic levels, revealing how host-plant specialization has evolved and impacted rates of diversification in bees. To resolve the phylogeny of bees with improved confidence, the research team will use next-generation DNA sequencing approaches and novel laboratory methods to sequence bee species from across the globe. The project will generate low coverage genomes for most bee genera and ultraconserved element (UCE) data for over 3,000 species, filling in sampling gaps. The resulting bee phylogeny will serve as a framework to study bee classification, biogeography, and host-plant evolution. Comprehensive databases of bee fossil, distribution, and host-plant information will be created and made available to other researchers. Combining results from each component of the project will provide a comprehensive understanding of how bees have diversified and dispersed over time and how their partnership with plants has shaped their evolutionary trajectory.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

蜜蜂由于授粉服务而对农业，粮食安全和自然生态系统的保存至关重要。在地球上的325,000种开花植物中，超过85％取决于动物授粉，绝大多数是由蜜蜂进行的。仅在美国，蜜蜂就会负责130种作物工厂的商业生产，每年收入超过110亿美元。蜜蜂对自然和人类福祉的价值非常清楚。蜜蜂和开花植物之间的合作伙伴关系在1亿年前形成，从那时起，蜜蜂在全球范围内散发到了惊人的20,000多种不同的物种中，其中许多是特定植物物种或家庭的专业传粉媒介。迫切需要对蜜蜂生物多样性的研究，因为有越来越多的证据表明，某些蜜蜂的物种正在下降，并且对蜜蜂多样性，分布和家庭关系的基线知识不完整。世界蜜蜂项目有可能显着提高蜜蜂生物多样性的知识，并建立指南来解释蜜蜂的关键特征，例如其宿主植物协会。通过利用DNA测序技术的最新进展，将首次生成蜜蜂的综合生活树，为研究蜜蜂多样性及其与植物的关系提供一个框架。为了传播结果和一般的蜜蜂知识，该项目将与专业和非专业受众进行多种外展工作。活动包括创建虚拟蜜蜂课程，分子方法研讨会的教学，以及与犹他州自然历史博物馆合作，展览和青年教育活动的开发。 The project aims are to: (1) resolve remaining uncertainties in higher-level bee phylogeny and classification, (2) incorporate fossils to reconstruct the global biogeographic history of bees, revealing the origin and spread of bee diversity over time, and (3) analyze patterns of host-plant use across bees and for targeted clades at lower taxonomic levels, revealing how host-plant specialization has evolved and impacted rates蜜蜂多样化。为了以提高信心来解决蜜蜂的系统发育，研究团队将使用下一代DNA测序方法和新型实验室方法来对全球范围内的蜜蜂物种进行序列。该项目将为大多数蜜蜂属和超过3,000多种物种的超级保守元素（UCE）数据产生低覆盖范围的基因组，并填补抽样空白。由此产生的蜜蜂系统发育将作为研究蜜蜂分类，生物地理学和宿主植物进化的框架。将创建并提供给其他研究人员的蜜蜂化石，分销和寄主植物信息的综合数据库。将项目的每个组成部分结合在一起，将对蜜蜂如何随着时间的流逝而多样化和分散，以及他们与植物的伙伴关系如何塑造其进化轨迹。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来支持的。

项目成果

Seven replacement names for bees in the genus Protandrena Cockerell, 1896 (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae)

Protandrena Cockerell 属蜜蜂的七个替代名称，1896（膜翅目：Andrenidae：Panurginae）

• DOI: 10.3956/2022-98.3.226
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
• 作者: Bossert, Silas;Neff, John L.
• 通讯作者: Neff, John L.

Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics

综合方法解决了新热带地区重要传粉媒介 Eulaema cingulata（膜翅目、蜜蜂科）的分类问题

• DOI: 10.3897/jhr.94.91001
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Hymenoptera Research
• 影响因子: 1.3
• 作者: de Oliveira Andrade, Tamires;dos Santos Ramos, Kelli;López-Uribe, Margarita M.;Branstetter, Michael G.;Brandão, Carlos Roberto
• 通讯作者: Brandão, Carlos Roberto

Phylogenomic dating and Bayesian biogeography illuminate an antitropical pattern for eucerine bees

系统基因组测年和贝叶斯生物地理学阐明了真蜂的逆热带模式

• DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14359
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Biogeography
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Freitas, Felipe V.;Branstetter, Michael G.;Casali, Daniel M.;Aguiar, Antonio J. C.;Griswold, Terry;Almeida, Eduardo A. B.
• 通讯作者: Almeida, Eduardo A. B.

An unexpected new genus of panurgine bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) from Europe discovered after phylogenomic analysis

经过系统发育分析后发现了来自欧洲的一个意想不到的新属panurgine蜜蜂（膜翅目，Andrenidae）

• DOI: 10.3897/jhr.89.72083
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Hymenoptera Research
• 影响因子: 1.3
• 作者: Wood, Thomas J.;Patiny, Sébastien;Bossert, Silas
• 通讯作者: Bossert, Silas

New genus and subgenus of South American long-horned bees (Apidae, Eucerini)

南美长角蜂新属和亚属（Apidae，Eucerini）

• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5196.4.8
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Zootaxa
• 影响因子: 0.9
• 作者: FREITAS, FELIPE V.