Polybia
| Polybia | |
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| P. ruficeps in the Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Tribe: | Epiponini |
| Genus: | Polybia Lepeletier, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Polistes liliacea Fabricius, 1804 | |
| 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.
Species
There are 59 extant species of Polybia divided into 11 subgenera.
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
- 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
Polybia (Apopolybia) jurinei
Polybia (Formicicola) rejecta
Polybia (Myrapetra) paulista nest
Polybia (Myrapetra) plebeja
Polybia (Myrapetra) ruficeps ruficeps
Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris nest in the State of Paraná, Brazil
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata
Polybia (Trichinothorax) affinis
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis
Polybia (Trichinothorax) selvana
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea
Fossil species
- Polybia anglica Cockerell, 1921
- Polybia oblita Cockerell, 1921
References
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- 1 2 3 James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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