''Thyreus'' is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as

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s, or cloak-and-dagger bees, and are

kleptoparasite Kleptoparasitism (originally spelt clepto-parasitism, meaning "parasitism by theft") is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is Evolutionarily stable strategy, evolutionarily stable when stealin ...

s 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 ''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 Denmark, ...

'', '' T. lugubris'', and '' T. caeruleopunctatus'' are bright blue and black.

Species

* '' Thyreus abdominalis'' (

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, 1905) * '' Thyreus abyssinicus'' ( Radoszkowski, 1873) * '' Thyreus affinis'' ( Morawitz, 1874) * '' Thyreus africana'' (Radoszkowski, 1893) * '' Thyreus aistleitneri'' Straka & Engel, 2012 * '' Thyreus albolateralis'' ( Cockerell, 1919) * '' Thyreus albomaculatus'' (

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, 1778) * '' Thyreus alfkeni'' (

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, 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'' (

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, 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'' (

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, 1852) * '' Thyreus delumbatus'' (Vachal, 1903) * '' Thyreus denolii'' Straka & Engel, 2012 * '' Thyreus elegans'' (Morawitz, 1878) * '' Thyreus empeyi'' Eardley, 1991 * '' Thyreus erythraeensis'' (Meyer, 1921) * '' Thyreus fallibilis'' (

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, 1906) * '' Thyreus forchhammeri'' Eardley, 1991 * '' Thyreus formosanus'' (Meyer, 1921) * '' Thyreus fortissimus'' (Cockerell &

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, 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'' (, 1940) * '' Thyreus histrio'' (

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, 1775) * '' Thyreus histrionicus'' (

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, 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'' (

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, 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) * ''

'' (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 ''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 patt ...

'' ( 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 ''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 patt ...

'' (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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