Polybia
in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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

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

  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.


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