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Genus of bees
This article is about the insect. For the character from Greek mythology, see
Thyreus (mythology) .
Thyreus is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as
cuckoo bees , or cloak-and-dagger bees, and are
kleptoparasites 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.
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 (
De Geer , 1778)
Thyreus alfkeni (
Brauns , 1909)
Thyreus altaicus (Radoszkowski, 1893)
Thyreus axillaris (
Vachal , 1903)
Thyreus batelkai Straka & Engel, 2012
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 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 [
fr ] , 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)
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