Thyreus
Genus of bees / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Thyreus | |
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Thyreus nitidulus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Tribe: | Melectini |
Genus: | Thyreus Panzer, 1806 |
Type species | |
Nomada scutellaris Fabricius, 1781 | |
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