title: The apid cuckoo bees of the Cape Verde Islands (Hymenoptera, Apidae).
abstract: 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 batelkaisp. n. is distinguished from mainland African and Asian species. The genus Thyreus Panzer (Apinae: Melectini) is represented by four species - Thyreus denoliisp. n., Thyreus batelkaisp. n., Thyreus schwarzisp. n., and Thyreus aistleitnerisp. n. Previous records of Thyreus scutellaris (Fabricius) from the islands were based on misidentifications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Straka
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Engel