What Animal Lives Where

Where has the West African Slender-Stingless Bee been recorded?

Dactylurina staudingeri occurrence evidence comes from 1,793 records in 3 countries and territories, from 1969 to 2022. Most records come from DR Congo.

West African Slender-Stingless Bee
West African Slender-Stingless Bee — Photo (display-sized rendition): iNaturalist.org (Ben P) (Ben P) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,793 records across 3 countries and territories, 1969–2022.

Dactylurina staudingeri · GBIF taxon key 1345385

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19692022

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where West African Slender-Stingless Bee has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for West African Slender-Stingless Bee. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
DR Congo 1,780
Nigeria 11
Ghana 2

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.