''Angiopolybia'' is a

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from the

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Epiponini The Epiponini (formerly known as Polybiini) are a large and diverse tribe of social wasps inhabiting the Neotropical region, with some species' ranges extending into the Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms ...

''. The species was originally described by

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in 1946.

Description

''Angiopolybia'' is a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

swarming-founding social wasp. The nests of ''Angiopolybia'' are ovoid or bottle-shaped, with a single entry at the lower part.

Taxonomy

The genus is composed of four species: * ''

Angiopolybia pallens ''Angiopolybia pallens'' is a species of social wasp predominantly found in South America. The wasp is generally seen in Brazilian rainforests. This species was discovered by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Lepeletier i ...

'' * '' Angiopolybia paraensis'' * '' Angiopolybia obidensis'' * '' Angiopolybia zischkai''

Range

''Angiopolybia'' has been observed from

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to the south-central region of

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, with the exception of

, which only occurs in the northern Atlantic coast of the Amazon.

References

* Hymenoptera genera Hymenoptera of South America Vespidae {{Vespidae-stub