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 (Formicicola) Richards, 1978

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 (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. ^ a b c 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.


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