%0 Journal Article
%T The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
%A Jakub Straka
%A Michael Engel
%J ZooKeys
%D 2012
%I Pensoft Publishers
%R 10.3897/zookeys.218.3683
%X The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Republic of Cape Verde) are reviewed and five species recognized, representing two genera. The ammobatine genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini), a specialized lineage of cleptoparasites of nomioidine bees is recorded for the first time. Chiasmognathus batelkai sp. n. is distinguished from mainland African and Asian species. The genus Thyreus Panzer (Apinae: Melectini) is represented by four species ¨C Thyreus denolii sp. n., T. batelkai sp. n., T. schwarzi sp. n., and T. aistleitneri sp. n. Previous records of Thyreus scutellaris (Fabricius) from the islands were based on misidentifications.
%K Apoidea
%K Anthophila
%K Apidae
%K cleptoparasite
%K taxonomy
%K Thyreus
%K Chiasmognathus
%K Cape Verde Islands
%U http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3683/