Floral hosts of leaf-cutter bees (Megachilidae) in a biodiversity hotspot revealed by pollen DNA metabarcoding of historic specimens

• Annemarie Gous,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Connal D. Eardley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Steven D. Johnson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Dirk Z. H. Swanevelder,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Sandi Willows-Munro

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: willows-munro@ukzn.ac.za

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0572-369X

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