Rhathymini

The Rhathymini are a tribe of kleptoparasitic apid bees ("cuckoo bees").

Rhathymini

Rhathymus sp. (female)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae
Tribe:	Rhathymini Lepeletier, 1841

Genera

Nanorhathymus
Rhathymus

References

C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.

Brood parasites

Anseriformes	Black-headed duck
Passeriformes	Cowbird Cuckoo-finch Viduidae Shiny cowbird Brown-headed cowbird Screaming cowbird Giant cowbird Bronzed cowbird
Cuculiformes	Common cuckoo Striped cuckoo Pheasant cuckoo Asian koel Jacobin cuckoo Indian cuckoo Diederik cuckoo Great spotted cuckoo Channel-billed cuckoo
Piciformes	Honeyguide Thick-billed honeyguide Greater honeyguide

Of Mouthbrooders	Cuckoo catfish
Of Nestmakers	Pungtungia herzi

Cuckoo bees	Aglae Coelioxys Dioxyini Ericrocidini Euaspis Exaerete Isepeolini Melectini Nomadinae Osirini Protepeolini Rhathymini Bombus (Psithyrus) Sphecodes Stelis
Wasps	Ammophila sabulosa Ceropalinae Cuckoo wasps Cuckoo paper wasps Dolichovespula adulterina Nyssonini Sapygidae Stizoides Vespula austriaca Vespula infernalis Vespula squamosa
Lycaenid butterflies	Phengaris alcon Phengaris arion Phengaris rebeli

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.