Polybia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Vespoidea

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Polistinae
Genus: Polybia
Species (74): P. aequatorialis – P. affinis – P. anglica – P. barbouri – P. batesi – P. belemensis – P. bicytarella – P. bifasciata – P. bistriata – P. brunnea – P. brunneiceps – P. catillifex – P. chrysothorax – P. depressa – P. diguetana – P. dimidiata – P. dimorpha – P. divisoria – P. eberhardae – P. emaciata – P. erythrothoraxla – P. fastidiosuscula – P. ficaria – P. flavifrons – P. flavitincta – P. fulvicauda – P. furnaria – P. gorytoides – P. ignobilis – P. incerta – P. invertita – P. jurinei – P. juruana – P. laboriosa – P. liliacea – P. luctuosus – P. lugubris – P. micans – P. minarum – P. nausica – P. nidulatrix – P. nigriceps – P. nigrina – P. oblita – P. occidentalis – P. parvula – P. parvulina – P. paulista – P. platycephala – P. plebeja – P. procellosa – P. pseudospilonota – P. punctata – P. quadricincta – P. raui – P. rejecta – P. richardsi – P. roraima – P. ruficeps – P. rufitarsis – P. scrobalis – P. scutellaris – P. selvana – P. sericea – P. signata – P. simillima – P. singularis – P. spilonota – P. spinifex – P. striata – P. sulciscutis – P. tinctipennis – P. uruguayensis – P. velutina

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, in Eumenidae!]
Name

Polybia Lepeletier, [1835]: (Roret's Suite à Buffon) Hyménopt., 1, 1836, 533.
Synonymy

Synoecoides Ducke

References

Carpenter, J.M.; Kojima, J.-I.; Wenzel, J.W. 2000: Polybia, paraphyly, and polistine phylogeny. American Museum novitates, (3298) DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2000)298<0001:PPAPP>2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

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

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

References

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