Polybia

Polybia
Polybia (Myrapetra) rufipes in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Tribe:	Epiponini
Genus:	Polybia Lepeletier, 1836 [1]
Type species
Polistes liliacea Fabricius, 1804 [1]
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. ^[2]

Species

There are 59 extant species of Polybia divided into 11 subgenera. ^[1]

Polybia (Alpha)de Saussure, 1854

• Polybia bifasciata Saussure, 1854
• Polybia signata Ducke, 1910
• Polybia quadricincta Saussure, 1854

Polybia (Apopolybia)Richards, 1978

• Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
• Polybia simillima Smith, 1862

Polybia (Cylindroeca)Richards, 1978

• Polybia dimidiata (Olivier, 1791)

Polybia (Formicicola)Richards, 1978

• Polybia rejecta (Fabricius, 1798)

Polybia (Furnariana)Richards, 1978

• Polybia furnaria Ihering, 1904
• Polybia richardsi Cooper, 1993

Polybia (Myrapetra)White, 1841

• Polybia aequatorialis Zavattari, 1906
• Polybia barbouri Bequard, 1943
• Polybia belemensis Richards, 1970
• Polybia bicyttarella Richards, 1951
• Polybia bistriata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Polybia catillifex Moebius, 1856
• Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
• Polybia divisoria Richards, 1978
• Polybia erythrothorax Richards, 1978
• Polybia fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
• Polybia ficaria Richards, 1978
• Polybia flavifrons Smith, 1857
• Polybia juruana Ihering, 1904
• Polybia nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
• Polybia occidentalis (Olivier, 1791)
• Polybia parvulina Richards, 1970
• Polybia paulista Ihering, 1896
• Polybia platycephala Richards, 1951
• Polybia plebeja Saussure, 1867 ^[3]
• Polybia roraimae Raw, 2000
• Polybia ruficeps Schrottky, 1902
• Polybia scrobalis Richards, 1970
• Polybia scutellaris (White, 1841)
• Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002

Polybia (Pedothoeca)Richards, 1978

• Polybia brunnea (Curtis, 1844)
• Polybia emaciata Lucas, 1879
• Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
• Polybia spinifex Richards, 1978

Polybia (Platypolybia)Richards, 1978

• Polybia incerta Ducke, 1907
• Polybia procellosa Zavattari, 1906

Polybia (Polybia)Lepeletier, 1836

• Polybia liliacea (Fabricius, 1804)
• Polybia striata (Fabricius, 1787)

Polybia (Synoecoides)Ducke, 1905

• Polybia depressa (Ducke, 1905)

Polybia (Trichinothorax)Carpenter & Day, 1988

• Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
• Polybia batesi Richards, 1978
• Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein)
• Polybia eberhardae Cooper, 1993
• Polybia flavitincta Fox, 1898
• Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
• Polybia ignobilis (Haliday, 1836)
• Polybia lugubris Saussure, 1854
• Polybia micans Ducke, 1904
• Polybia minarum Ducke, 1906
• Polybia nigrina Richards, 1978
• Polybia punctata Buysson, 1908
• Polybia raui Bequard, 1933
• Polybia rufitarsis Ducke, 1904
• Polybia sericea (Olivier, 1792)
• Polybia tinctipennis Fox, 1898
• Polybia velutina Ducke, 1907

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  Polybia (Apopolybia) jurinei
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  Polybia (Formicicola) rejecta
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  Polybia (Myrapetra) paulista nest
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  Polybia (Myrapetra) plebeja
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  Polybia (Myrapetra) ruficeps ruficeps
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  Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris nest in the State of Paraná, Brazil
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  Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata
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  Polybia (Trichinothorax) affinis
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  Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta
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  Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis
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  Polybia (Trichinothorax) selvana
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  Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea

Fossil species

• Polybia anglica Cockerell, 1921
• Polybia oblita Cockerell, 1921

References

1. James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
2. Santolaya, A.A.; Gentile, J.M. (1953). "[Analysis of honey from Polybia scutellaris (Camuati)]". Rev Fac Cienc Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 11 (1–2): 227–32. PMID   13100998.
3. Carpenter, James M. (2011). "Notes on Types of Some American Wasps in the Spinola Collection". Entomologica Americana. 117 (3): 121–126. doi:10.1664/11-RA-002.1.