Acknowledgements

Apart from the authors, many local and national enthusiasts have supplied records of bees and wasps over the years, far too many to mention individually, but the majority of records were supplied by the following recorders, to whom the authors express their sincere thanks for their efforts:

Publication of this checklist would not have been possible without the valued support and funding offered by JCB Ltd., the British Entomological & Natural History Society (BENHS) and Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan (SBAP).

The order of species and scientific names used in the checklist are based upon those proposed by Bees Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS).

We would also like to thank Mike Edwards, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and the Potteries Museum for their valued assistance in the production of this work. Maps produced in this checklist have been generated using DMap courtesy of Dr. Alan Morton.