A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Hannan, Mohammed A.; Engel, Michael S.

dc.contributor.author	Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.
dc.contributor.author	Hannan, Mohammed A.
dc.contributor.author	Engel, Michael S.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-16T19:10:27Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-16T19:10:27Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-23
dc.identifier.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
dc.identifier.issn	1313-2970
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15293
dc.description	This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4087.
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.publisher	Pensoft Publishers
dc.subject	Apoidea
dc.subject	Anthophila
dc.subject	Melectini
dc.subject	Arabian Peninsula
dc.subject	Taxonomy
dc.subject	Cleptoparasitism
dc.title	A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
dc.type	Article
kusw.kuauthor	Engel, Michael S.
kusw.kudepartment	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
kusw.oastatus	fullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi	10.3897/zookeys.428.7821
kusw.oaversion	Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
kusw.oapolicy	This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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