# 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 (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)