Thyreus
| Thyreus | |
|---|---|
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| Thyreus nitidulus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| (unranked): | Aculeata |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Apinae |
| Tribe: | Melectini |
| Genus: | Thyreus Panzer |
Thyreus is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as cuckoo bees, and are cleptoparasites of other species of bees, mostly in the genus Amegilla. They all have strongly contrasting patterns of coloration - three species from the Sydney region, Thyreus nitidulus, T. lugubris, and T. caeruleopunctatus are bright blue and black.
Species
- Thyreus abdominalis (Friese, 1905)
- Thyreus abyssinicus (Radoszkowski, 1873)
- Thyreus affinis (Morawitz, 1874)
- Thyreus africana (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Thyreus albolateralis (Cockerell, 1919)
- Thyreus albomaculatus (DeGeer, 1778)
- Thyreus alfkeni (Brauns, 1909)
- Thyreus altaicus (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Thyreus axillaris (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus bimaculatus (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Thyreus bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus brachyaspis (Cockerell, 1936)
- Thyreus caeruleopunctatus (Blanchard, 1840)
- Thyreus calceatus (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus callurus (Cockerell, 1919)
- Thyreus calophanes Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus castalius Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus centrimacula (Pérez, 1905)
- Thyreus ceylonicus (Friese, 1905)
- Thyreus chinensis (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Thyreus cyathiger Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus decorus (Smith, 1852)
- Thyreus delumbatus (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus elegans (Morawitz, 1878)
- Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991
- Thyreus erythraeensis (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus fallibilis (Kohl, 1906)
- Thyreus forchhammeri Eardley, 1991
- Thyreus formosanus (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus fortissimus (Cockerell & Mackie, 1933)
- Thyreus frieseanus (Cockerell, 1905)
- Thyreus gambiensis (Cockerell & Mackie, 1933)
- Thyreus grahami (Cockerell, 1910)
- Thyreus hellenicus Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus himalayensis (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Thyreus hirtus (de Beaumont, 1940)
- Thyreus histrio (Fabricius, 1775)
- Thyreus histrionicus (Illiger, 1806)
- Thyreus hohmanni Schwarz, 1993
- Thyreus hyalinatus (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus illudens Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus impexus Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus incultus Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus insignis (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus insolitus Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus interruptus (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus irena Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus janasivius (Sivik, 1957)
- Thyreus kilimandjaricus (Strand, 1911)
- Thyreus lieftincki Rozen, 1969
- Thyreus lugubris (Smith, 1879)
- Thyreus luzonensis (Cockerell, 1910)
- Thyreus macleayi (Cockerell, 1907)
- Thyreus maculiscutis (Cameron, 1905)
- Thyreus massuri (Radoszkowski, 1893)
- Thyreus medius (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus meripes (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus neavei (Cockerell, 1933)
- Thyreus nigroventralis (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus niloticus (Cockerell, 1937)
- Thyreus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1804)
- Thyreus novaehollandiae (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Thyreus nubicus (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Thyreus orbatus (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Thyreus oxaspis (Cockerell, 1936)
- Thyreus parthenope Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus pica (Strand, 1921)
- Thyreus picaron Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus picicornis (Morawitz, 1875)
- Thyreus pictus (Smith, 1854)
- Thyreus plumifer (Brauns, 1909)
- Thyreus praestans Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus praevalens (Kohl, 1905)
- Thyreus pretextus (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus priesneri Lieftinck, 1968
- Thyreus proximus (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus quadrimaculatus (Radoszkowski, 1883)
- Thyreus quinquefasciatus (Smith, 1879)
- Thyreus ramosellus (Cockerell, 1919)
- Thyreus ramosus (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Thyreus regalis Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus rotundatus (Friese, 1905)
- Thyreus rufitarsus (Rayment, 1931)
- Thyreus scotaspis (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus scutellaris (Fabricius, 1781)
- Thyreus sejuncta (Saussure, 1890)
- Thyreus sicarius Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus smithii (Dalla Torre, 1896)
- Thyreus somalicus (Strand, 1911)
- Thyreus sphenophorus Lieftinck, 1962
- Thyreus splendidulus (Lepeletier, 1841)
- Thyreus stellifera (Cockerell, 1936)
- Thyreus strandi (Meyer, 1921)
- Thyreus surniculus Lieftinck, 1959
- Thyreus takaonis (Cockerell, 1911)
- Thyreus tinctus (Cockerell, 1905)
- Thyreus tricuspis (Pérez, 1883)
- Thyreus truncatus (Pérez, 1883)
- Thyreus tschoffeni (Vachal, 1903)
- Thyreus uniformis (W. F. Kirby, 1900)
- Thyreus vachali (Friese, 1905)
- Thyreus wallacei (Cockerell, 1905)
- Thyreus waroonensis (Cockerell, 1913)
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