TABLE 2 in The Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes) of the Democratic Republic of Congo curated at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA, Belgium)

TABLE 2. Distribution of species richness, specimen abundance and their ratios relative to the administrative entities of the DRC. A) The former provinces (up to 1960) include: Equateur (Equateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi, Tshuapa), Kasaï (Kasaï, Kasaï Central, Kasaï Oriental, Lomami, Sankuru), Katanga (Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, Tanganyika), Kivu (Maniema, North Kivu, South Kivu), Leopoldville (Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Maï-Ndombe) and Province Orientale (Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, Ituri, Tshopo); b) 26 Present-day provinces.
Administrative unitsN speciesN specimensN species/N specimens (%)a) Historical Provinces (n=6)1Kivu8244318.52Kasaï5229717.53Orientale8881510.74Katanga1471.8018.15Léopoldville478915.26Equateur552.2432.4b) Present-day provinces (n = 26)1Kasaï Oriental3742.82Maï-Ndombe204742.53Kasaï205040.04Mongala154136.55Sud-Kivu4211636.26Kwango61735.27Kwilu133834.28Kasaï Central267733.79Lomami278731.010Haut-Uele4715530.311Maniema4314330.012Sankuru227628.913Tshopo3010827.714Tanganyika5019126.215Ituri5322024.116Haut-Lomami7935522.317Nord-Kivu4118421.918Nord-Ubangi179717.519Sud-Ubangi169516.820Haut-Katanga11376814.721Kinshasa2015213.222Lualaba6448713.123Bas-Uele3833211.424Tshuapa293618.025Kongo Central386375.926Equateur461.6492.7