Polybia

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Polybia
Social wasp (Polybia sp.) nest.jpg
in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Genus: Polybia
Lepeletier, 1836 [1]
Type species

Fabricius, 1804[2]
Species

See text

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
  • (Walker, 1849)
  • (Paramonov, 1954)
  • Zavattari, 1906
  • Buysson, 1908
  • Cockerell, 1921
  • Bequard, 1943
  • Richards, 1978
  • Richards, 1970
  • Richards, 1951
  • Saussure, 1854
  • (Fabricius, 1804)
  • (Curtis, 1844)
  • Cameron, 1912
  • Moebius, 1856
  • (Lichtenstein)
  • (Ducke, 1905)
  • Buysson, 1905
  • Polybia dimidiata (Olivier, 1791)
  • Richards, 1978
  • Richards, 1978
  • Cooper, 1993
  • Polybia emaciata Lucas, 1879
  • Richards, 1978
  • Saussure, 1854
  • Richards, 1978
  • Smith, 1857
  • Fox, 1898
  • Cameron, 1912
  • Ihering, 1904
  • Fox, 1898
  • (Haliday, 1836)
  • Ducke ,1907
  • Giordani Soika, 1965
  • Saussure, 1854
  • Ihering, 1904
  • Saussure, 1853
  • (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Smith, 1858
  • Saussure, 1854
  • Ducke, 1904
  • Ducke, 1906
  • Richards, 1951
  • Bequard, 1933
  • Zavattari, 1906
  • Richards, 1978
  • Cockerell, 1921
  • Polybia occidentalis (Olivier, 1791)
  • Richards, 1970
  • Polybia paulista Ihering, 1896
  • Richards, 1951
  • Saussure, 1867
  • Zavattari ,1906
  • Giordani Soika, 1965
  • Buysson, 1908
  • Saussure, 1854
  • Bequard, 1933
  • Polybia rejecta (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Cooper, 1993
  • Schrottky, 1902
  • Ducke ,1904
  • Richards, 1970
  • (White, 1841)
  • Carpenter, 2002
  • Polybia sericea (Olivier, 1792)
  • Ducke ,1910
  • Smith, 1862
  • Ducke ,1909
  • Cameron, 1904
  • Richards, 1978
  • (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Cameron, 1912
  • Fox, 1898
  • Giordani Soika, 1965
  • Ducke ,1907

References[]

  1. ^ Orlando Tobias Silveira (2008). "Phylogeny of wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)". . 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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