Thyreus denolii

Taxonavigation edit

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: Thyreus denolii

Name edit

Thyreus denolii Straka & Engel, 2012: figs. 1-11

Holotype: SEMC, ♂.

Type locality: Cape Verde Isl., Boavista, rock N of Sal Rei, 20.x.2009 [20 October 2009], J. Batelka & J. Straka lgt.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym honoring António de Noli (ca. 1415–d. ?), a Genoese navigator who, exiled from his homeland and working on behalf of Portugal, discovered the Cape Verde Islands around 1456.

References edit

Primary references edit

Straka, J. & Engel, M.S. 2012. The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 218: 77–109. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.218.3683 . Reference page.