The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium) Author Nkulu, Alain Tshibungu 0000-0002-3747-3456 Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Landscape, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi (UNILU), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo alain.tshibungu.nkulu@ulb.be Author Pauly, Alain 0000-0002-9030-9786 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), O. D. Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium alain. pauly 54 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9030 - 9786 alain.pauly54@gmail.com Author Dorchin, Achik 0000-0003-1151-5926 Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Biology Department, Entomology Section, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B- 3080 Tervuren, Belgium achik. dorchin @ africamuseum. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1151 - 5926 & University of Mons, Research Institute for Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium * Corresponding authors: alain. tshibungu. nkulu @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3747 - 3456 Phone number: + 243.814.74.52.56 nicolas. vereecken @ ulb. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8858 - 4623 Phone number: + 32.473.60.35.63 achik.dorchin@africamuseum.be Author Vereecken, Nicolas J. 0000-0002-8858-4623 Agroecology Lab, Brussels Bioengineering School, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050 Brussels, Belgium nicolas.vereecken@ulb.be text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-27 5392 1 1 103 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5392.1.1/52546 journal article 284681 10.11646/zootaxa.5392.1.1 bddbc2b5-5215-4996-b553-241e06e029ee 1175-5334 10435063 12024EE2-3FCA-4C6E-A04B-DA590C4A0438

APPENDIX 1. DRC bee endemism by province. The province of Haut-Katanga shows the highest level of endemism. The figures in square brackets indicate the number of specimens curated at the RMCA for the corresponding endemic species.

Num.	Provinces	Endemism species richness	Species [#Specimens in RMCA]
1	Haut-Katanga (Latitude: 7° – 13°S; Longitude: 25° – 29° E)	7	Megachile (Creightonella) paracantha (Pasteels, 1965) [1]; Megachile (Eutricharaea) paupera Pasteels, 1965 [0]; Megachile (Megella) exsecta Pasteels, 1965 [0]; Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cupreohirta Cockerell, 1933 [0]; Megachile (Pseudomegachile) parabukamensis (Pasteels, 1965) [0]; Megachile (Eurymella) bredoi Cockerell, 1935 [4]; Osmia reginae Cockerell, 1932 [1]
2	Equateur (Latitude: 1°S – 2°N; Longitude: 16° – 20° E)	3	Megachile (Callomegachile) ambigua (Pasteels, 1965) [1]; Megachile (Anodonteutricharaea) maculosella Pasteels, 1965 [1]; Megachile chapini (Cockerell, 1935) [0]
3	Bas-Uele (Latitude: 2° – 5°N; Longitude: 22° – 27° E)	2	Megachile (Callomegachile) punctolineata Cockerell, 1935 [0]; Megachile (Stellenigris) vandeveldii (Meunier, 1888) [0]
4	Maniema (Latitude: 0° – 4°S; Longitude: 25° – 29° E)	2	Heriades (Heriades) burgeoni Benoist, 1931 [0]; Megachile (Anodonteutricharaea) pinguicula Pasteels, 1966 [0]
5	Haut-Uele (Latitude: 1° – 5°N; Longitude: 27° – 30° E)	1	Megachile (Anodonteutricharaea) pinguicula Pasteels, 1965 [0]
6	Lualaba (Latitude: 7° – 11°S; Longitude: 21° – 27° E)	1	Megachile (Eutricharaea) ornithica Cockerell, 1937 [0]
7	Sankuru (Latitude: 1° – 5°S; Longitude: 22° – 24° E)	1	Megachile (Creightonella) ruda (Pasteels, 1965) [0]
8	Sud-Ubangi (Latitude: 2° – 4°S; Longitude: 18° – 20° E)	1	Megachile (Creightonella) ruda (Pasteels, 1965) [0]