''Thyreus'' is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as
cuckoo bee
The term cuckoo bee is used for a variety of different bee lineages which have evolved the kleptoparasitism, kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying their eggs in the nests of other bees, reminiscent of the behavior of cuckoo birds. The name is perhap ...
s, and are
cleptoparasite
Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when foo ...
s of other species of bees, mostly in the genus ''
Amegilla
''Amegilla'' is a large genus of bees in the tribe Anthophorini. Several species have blue metallic bands on the abdomen, and are referred to as "blue-banded bees" and "digger bees". One of their names in english, "digger bees" is given to them ...
''. 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 aistleitneri'' Straka & Engel, 2012
* ''
Thyreus albolateralis'' (Cockerell, 1919)
* ''
Thyreus albomaculatus
''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 ...
'' (DeGeer, 1778)
* ''
Thyreus alfkeni
''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 ...
'' (Brauns, 1909)
* ''
Thyreus altaicus
''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 ...
'' (Radoszkowski, 1893)
* ''
Thyreus axillaris
''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 ...
'' (Vachal, 1903)
* ''
Thyreus batelkai
''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
''Amegilla'' is a large genus of bees in the tribe Anthophorini. ...
'' Straka & Engel, 2012
* ''
Thyreus bimaculatus
''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 ...
'' (Radoszkowski, 1893)
* ''
Thyreus bouyssoui
''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 ...
'' (Vachal, 1903)
* ''
Thyreus brachyaspis
''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 ...
'' (Cockerell, 1936)
* ''
Thyreus caeruleopunctatus'' (Blanchard, 1840)
* ''
Thyreus calceatus
''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 ...
'' (Vachal, 1903)
* ''
Thyreus callurus
''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 ...
'' (Cockerell, 1919)
* ''
Thyreus calophanes'' Lieftinck, 1962
* ''
Thyreus castalius'' Lieftinck, 1962
* ''
Thyreus centrimacula
''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 ...
'' (Pérez, 1905)
* ''
Thyreus ceylonicus'' (Friese, 1905)
* ''
Thyreus chinensis'' (Radoszkowski, 1893)
* ''
Thyreus cyathiger'' Lieftinck, 1962
* ''
Thyreus decorus'' (Smith, 1852)
* ''
Thyreus delumbatus'' (Vachal, 1903)
* ''
Thyreus denolii'' Straka & Engel, 2012
* ''
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 garouensis'' Engel, 2014
* ''
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 schwarzi'' Straka & Engel, 2012
* ''
Thyreus scotaspis'' (Vachal, 1903)
* ''
Thyreus scutellaris'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* ''
Thyreus sejuncta'' (Saussure, 1890)
* ''
Thyreus shebicus'' Engel, 2014
* ''
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)
See also
*
External links
Apinae
Bee genera
Hymenoptera of Africa
Hymenoptera of Asia
Hymenoptera of Europe
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