Thyreus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Melectini
Genus: Thyreus
Species (103): T. abdominalis – T. abyssinicus – T. affinis – T. africana – T. albolateralis – T. albomaculatus – T. alfkeni – T. altaicus – T. axillaris – T. bimaculatus – T. bouyssoui – T. brachyaspis – T. caeruleopunctatus – T. calceatus – T. callurus – T. calophanes – T. castalius – T. centrimacula – T. ceylonicus – T. chinensis – T. cyathiger – T. decorus – T. delumbatus – T. elegans – T. empeyi – T. erythraeensis – T. fallibilis – T. forchhammeri – T. formosanus – T. fortissimus – T. frieseanus – T. gambiensis – T. grahami – T. hellenicus – T. himalayensis – T. hirtus – T. histrio – T. histrionicus – T. hohmanni – T. hyalinatus – T. illudens – T. impexus – T. incultus – T. insignis – T. insolitus – T. interruptus – T. irena – T. janasivius – T. kilimandjaricus – T. lieftincki – T. lugubris – T. luzonensis – T. macleayi – T. maculiscutis – T. massuri – T. medius – T. meripes – T. neavei – T. nigroventralis – T. niloticus – T. nitidulus – T. novaehollandiae – T. nubicus – T. orbatus – T. oxaspis – T. parthenope – T. pica – T. picaron – T. picicornis – T. pictus – T. plumifer – T. praestans – T. praevalens – T. pretextus – T. priesneri – T. proximus – T. quadrimaculatus – T. quinquefasciatus – T. ramosellus – T. ramosus – T. regalis – T. rotundatus – T. rufitarsus – T. scotaspis – T. scutellaris – T. sejuncta – T. sicarius – T. smithii – T. somalicus – T. sphenophorus – T. splendidulus – T. stellifera – T. strandi – T. surniculus – T. takaonis – T. tinctus – T. tricuspis – T. truncatus – T. tschoffeni – T. uniformis – T. vachali – T. wallacei – T. waroonensis

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]

Add (6): T. aistleitneri – T. batelkai – T. denolii – T. garouensis – T. schwarzi – T. shebicus

Name

Thyreus Panzer, 1806: 263

Type species: Nomada scutellaris Fabricius, 1781, monobasic.

Synonyms

Crocisa Jurine, 1801: 164. Type species: Nomada scutellata Jurine, 1801 = Melecta histrionica Illiger, 1806, by designation of Morice and Durrant, 1915: 423. Suppressed by the opinion of the Commission 135 (1939).
Crocissa Panzer, 1806: 263. Type species: Nomada scutellaris Fabricius, 1781, by designation of Sandhouse, 1943: 541.
Crocisa Jurine, 1807: 239. Type species: Nomada histrio Fabricius, 1775, by designation of Latreille, 1810: 439.

Primary references

Panzer, G.W.F., 1806b: Kritische Revision der Insekenfaune Deutschlands nach dem system Bearbeitet. 2: 12 + 271 pp., 2 plates.

References

ICZN 1939: Opinion 135. The suppression of the so-called “Erlangen List” of 1801. Opinions and declarations of rendered by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, 2: 7–12. Internet Archive
Lieftinck, M.A. 1959. Notes on some eighteenth-century bees of the genus Thyreus Panzer, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 102: 17–34. BHL. Reference page.
Lieftinck, M.A. 1962. Revision of the Indo-Australian species of the genus Thyreus Panzer (=Crocisa Jurine) (Hym., Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Part 3. Oriental and Australian species. Zoologische verhandelingen, (53). 212 pp. Online. Reference page.

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