''Thyreus'' is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as cuckoo bees, 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 ''Thyreus nitidulus'', commonly known as the neon cuckoo bee, is a parasitic bee of the genus ''Thyreus'', called cuckoo bees. It is a stocky bee, notable for its brilliant metallic blue- and black-banded colors. Originally described by Danish ...

'', '' 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 ''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 - thre ...

'' Straka & Engel, 2012 * ''

Thyreus albolateralis ''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 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 ''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 - thre ...

'' Lieftinck, 1962 * ''

Thyreus castalius ''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 - thre ...

'' 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 ''Thyreus ceylonicus'' is a species of bee Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees ar ...

'' (Friese, 1905) * ''

Thyreus chinensis ''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 - thre ...

'' (Radoszkowski, 1893) * ''

Thyreus cyathiger ''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 - thre ...

'' Lieftinck, 1962 * ''

Thyreus decorus ''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 - thre ...

'' (Smith, 1852) * ''

Thyreus delumbatus ''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 - thre ...

'' (Vachal, 1903) * ''

Thyreus denolii ''Thyreus denolli'' is an African species of Kleptoparasitism, kleptoparisitic bee. It belongs to the tribe Melectini and to the genus ''Thyreus'', the members of which are often referred to as 'Cuckoo bees', due to their Parasitism, parasitic be ...

'' Straka & Engel, 2012 * '' Thyreus elegans'' (Morawitz, 1878) * '' Thyreus empeyi'' Eardley, 1991 * '' Thyreus erythraeensis'' (Meyer, 1921) * ''

Thyreus fallibilis ''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 - thre ...

'' (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 ''Thyreus garouensis'' is a cleptoparasitic species of bee from Northern Cameroon in Central Africa. It belongs to the genus of ''Thyreus ''Thyreus'' is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as cuckoo bees, and are ...

'' 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 ''Thyreus insignis'', is a species of bee Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are ...

'' (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 ''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 - thre ...

'' (Cockerell, 1933) * '' Thyreus nigroventralis'' (Meyer, 1921) * '' Thyreus niloticus'' (Cockerell, 1937) * ''

'' (Fabricius, 1804) * ''

Thyreus novaehollandiae ''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 - thre ...

'' (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 ''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 - thre ...

'' 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 ''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 - thre ...

'' (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 ''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 - thre ...

'' (Pérez, 1883) * '' Thyreus truncatus'' (Pérez, 1883) * '' Thyreus tschoffeni'' (Vachal, 1903) * ''

Thyreus uniformis ''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 - thre ...

'' (W. F. Kirby, 1900) * '' Thyreus vachali'' (Friese, 1905) * '' Thyreus wallacei'' (Cockerell, 1905) * '' Thyreus waroonensis'' (Cockerell, 1913)

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