A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Issue Date
2014-07-23Author
Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.
Hannan, Mohammed A.
Engel, Michael S.
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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A new species of cleptoparasitic bee of the genus Thyreus Panzer (Apinae: Melectini) is described and figured from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia. Thyreus shebicus Engel, sp. n. is a relatively small species superficially similar to the widespread and polytypic species T. ramosus (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau) and T. ramosellus (Cockerell) but more closely allied to various African forms on the basis of the male genitalia. The species is distinguished from its congeners on the basis of coloration pattern, male hind leg structure, and particularly male terminalia.
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ISSN
1313-2970Collections
Citation
Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Hannan, Mohammed A.; Engel, Michael S. "A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)." ZooKeys, 428:29-40. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.428.7821
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