Thyreus

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.

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 (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 (Jacques 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)