Polybia

Genus of wasps

Polybia

in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Vespidae
Subfamily:  | Polistinae
Genus:  | Polybia
Lepeletier, 1836 [1]
Type species
Polistes liliacea

Fabricius, 1804[2]

Species

See text

Polybia is a genus of eusocial wasps ranging from Central to South America (Mexico to Brazil, Argentina). Some produce enough honey to be collected and eaten by local people.[3]

## Species[edit]

Polybia diguetana

* Rutilotrixa lateralis (Walker, 1849)
* Rutilotrixa diversa (Paramonov, 1954)
* Polybia aequatorialis Zavattari, 1906
* Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
* Polybia anglica Cockerell, 1921
* Polybia barbouri Bequard, 1943
* Polybia batesi Richards, 1978
* Polybia belemensis Richards, 1970
* Polybia bicytarella Richards, 1951
* Polybia bifasciata Saussure, 1854
* Polybia bistriata (Fabricius, 1804)
* Polybia brunnea (Curtis, 1844)
* Polybia brunneiceps Cameron, 1912
* Polybia catillifex Moebius, 1856
* Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein)
* Polybia depressa (Ducke, 1905)
* Polybia diguetana Buysson, 1905
* Polybia dimidiata (Olivier, 1791)
* Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
* Polybia divisoria Richards, 1978
* Polybia eberhardae Cooper, 1993
* Polybia emaciata Lucas, 1879
* Polybia erythrothoraxla Richards, 1978
* Polybia fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
* Polybia ficaria Richards, 1978
* Polybia flavifrons Smith, 1857
* Polybia flavitincta Fox, 1898
* Polybia fulvicauda Cameron, 1912
* Polybia furnaria Ihering, 1904
* Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
* Polybia ignobilis (Haliday, 1836)
* Polybia incerta Ducke ,1907
* Polybia invertita Giordani Soika, 1965
* Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
* Polybia juruana Ihering, 1904
* Polybia laboriosa Saussure, 1853
* Polybia liliacea (Fabricius, 1804)
* Polybia luctuosus Smith, 1858
* Polybia lugubris Saussure, 1854
* Polybia micans Ducke, 1904
* Polybia minarum Ducke, 1906
* Polybia nausica Richards, 1951
* Polybia nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
* Polybia nigriceps Zavattari, 1906
* Polybia nigrina Richards, 1978
* Polybia oblita Cockerell, 1921
* Polybia occidentalis (Olivier, 1791)
* Polybia parvula
* Polybia parvulina Richards, 1970
* Polybia paulista Ihering, 1896
* Polybia platycephala Richards, 1951
* Polybia plebeja Saussure, 1867
* Polybia procellosa Zavattari ,1906
* Polybia pseudospilonota Giordani Soika, 1965
* Polybia punctata Buysson, 1908
* Polybia quadricincta Saussure, 1854
* Polybia raui Bequard, 1933
* Polybia rejecta (Fabricius, 1798)
* Polybia richardsi Cooper, 1993
* Polybia ruficeps Schrottky, 1902
* Polybia rufitarsis Ducke ,1904
* Polybia scrobalis Richards, 1970
* Polybia scutellaris (White, 1841)
* Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002
* Polybia sericea (Olivier, 1792)
* Polybia signata Ducke ,1910
* Polybia simillima Smith, 1862
* Polybia singularis Ducke ,1909
* Polybia spilonota Cameron, 1904
* Polybia spinifex Richards, 1978
* Polybia striata (Fabricius, 1787)
* Polybia sulciscutis Cameron, 1912
* Polybia tinctipennis Fox, 1898
* Polybia uruguayensis Giordani Soika, 1965
* Polybia velutina Ducke ,1907

Polybia scutellaris nest in the State of Paraná, Brazil

## References[edit]

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1. ^ Orlando Tobias Silveira (2008). "Phylogeny of wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 52 (4): 510–549. doi:10.1590/S0085-56262008000400004.
2. ^ James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
3. ^ Santolaya AA, Gentile JM (1953). "[Analysis of honey from Polybia scutellaris (Camuati)]". Rev Fac Cienc Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 11: 227–32. PMID 13100998.

Taxon identifiers

Polybia|

* Wikidata: Q785677
* Wikispecies: Polybia
* BOLD: 5359
* EoL: 31291
* Fossilworks: 152136
* GBIF: 5032750
* iNaturalist: 119620
* NCBI: 57065

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