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Thyreus shebicus

Thyreus shebicus is a species of kleptoparisitic bee belonging to the genus Thyreus in the family Apidae. It is found in northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.

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Thyreus shebicus

Male (holotype) at top and female (paratype) at bottom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Thyreus
Species:	T. shebicus
Binomial name
*Thyreus shebicus* Engel 2014

Thyreus shebicus is a species of kleptoparisitic bee belonging to the genus Thyreus in the family Apidae.¹² It is found in northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.³

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"Figures 5–9. Male terminalia of holotype of Thyreus shebicus Engel, sp..." ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
"Thyreus shebicus Engel, 2014". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Hannan, Mohammed A.; Engel, Michael S. (2014-07-23). "A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". ZooKeys (428): 29–40. Bibcode:2014ZooK..428...29A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.428.7821. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 4140518. PMID 25901109.