Five new species of Eucerine bees from the genus Thygater Holmberg, 1884 are described: Thygater (Thygater) anae sp.n., Thygater (Thygater) armandoi sp.n. and Thygater (Thygater) minarum sp.n. from Brazil; Thygater (Thygater) ubirajarai sp.n. and Thygater (Thygater) laevis sp.n. from Venezuela.
Thygater; Eucerinae; Anthophoridae; Hymenoptera; taxonomy