Author: Panzer, 1806
Type species: Nomada scutellaris Fabricius, 1781, monobasic.
Synonyms: Crocisa Jurine, 1801 (suppressed by Commission Opinion 135, 1939); Crocissa Panzer, 1806; Crocisa Jurine, 1807. |
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Apidae Subfamily: Nomadinae Tribe: Melectini |
Distinctive traits
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Pictures of distinctive traits
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Morphologically close genera, and how to distinguish them:
Melecta species have long hairs and two spines on the scutellum.
- Melecta - Thyreus
Melecta species have long hairs and two spines on the scutellum.
General comments on Thyreus species identification
Male identification requires extraction of the genitalia.
Male identification requires extraction of the genitalia.
Sorry, but the species identification tool is not yet available for Thyreus.
Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
List of the 11 Thyreus species found in Europe (Ghisbain et al. 2023)
Thyreus affinis (Morawitz, 1874)
Thyreus elegans (Morawitz, 1877)
Thyreus hellenicus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus hirtus (De Beaumont, 1940)
Thyreus histrionicus (Illiger, 1806)
Thyreus hohmanni Schwarz, 1993
Thyreus orbatus (Lepeletier, 1841)
Thyreus picaron Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus ramosus (Lepeletier, 1841)
Thyreus scutellaris (Fabricius, 1781)
Thyreus truncatus (Pérez, 1883)
Thyreus affinis (Morawitz, 1874)
Thyreus elegans (Morawitz, 1877)
Thyreus hellenicus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus hirtus (De Beaumont, 1940)
Thyreus histrionicus (Illiger, 1806)
Thyreus hohmanni Schwarz, 1993
Thyreus orbatus (Lepeletier, 1841)
Thyreus picaron Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus ramosus (Lepeletier, 1841)
Thyreus scutellaris (Fabricius, 1781)
Thyreus truncatus (Pérez, 1883)
References with identification keys for some of the species:
- Beaumont, J. de. 1939. Les Crocisa de la faune française (Hym. Apidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 108: 161-171.
- Lieftinck M.A. 1968. A review of Old World Species of Thyreus Panzer (=Crocisa Jurine) (Hym., Apoidea, Anthophoridae) Part 4. Palearctic Species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 98: 1-139, 4 pls.
- Osytshnjuk, A.Z., Panfilov, D.V. & Ponomareva A.A. (1978) Superfamily Apoidea. In: Tobias, V.I. (Ed). Key to the insects of European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Pt. 1. Nauka, Leningrad, 279-519. (In Russian)
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (Europe & Belgium)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Atlas hymenoptera (Europe & Belgium)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
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References used to write this page:
- Ghisbain, G., Rosa, P., Bogusch, P., Flaminio, S., Le Divelec, R., Dorchin, A., Kasparek, M., Kuhlmann, M., Litman, J., Mignot, M., Müller, A., Praz, C., Radchenko, V.G., Rasmont, P., Risch, S., Roberts, S.P.M., Smit, J., Wood, T.J., Michez, D. & Reverte, S. (2023). The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Zootaxa, 5327(1), 1-147.
- Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Michez D., Rasmont P., Terzo, M., Vereecken, N. 2019. Abeilles d'Europes. Hymenoptères d'Europes, Volume 1. N.A.P. Editions.
- Nieto, A., Roberts, S. P., Kemp, J., Rasmont, P., Kuhlmann, M., García Criado, M., ... & Michez, D. 2014. European red list of bees. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 98. (IUCN 2014)
- Rasmont, P., Devalez, Jelle, Pauly, A., Michez, D. & Radchenko, V.G. 2017. Addition to the checklist of IUCN European wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annales de la Société entomologique de France 53: 17-32.