''Polybia'' is a genus of

eusocial Eusociality ( Greek 'good' and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality. It is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations wit ...

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

s ranging from Central to South America (Mexico to Brazil, Argentina). Some produce enough honey to be collected and eaten by local people.

Species

*'' 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 ''Polybia'' is a genus of eusociality, 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 *''Polybia aequatorialis'' Zavattari, 1906 ...

'' Saussure, 1854 *''

Polybia bistriata ''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 *'' Polybia aequatorialis'' Zavattari, 1906 *'' Polybia ...

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, 1804) *'' Polybia brunnea'' (

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, 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 ''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 *'' Polybia aequatorialis'' Zavattari, 1906 *'' Polybia ...

'' Richards, 1978 *''

Polybia eberhardae ''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 *'' Polybia aequatorialis'' Zavattari, 1906 *'' Polybia ...

'' Cooper, 1993 *'' Polybia emaciata''

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, 1879 *'' Polybia erythrothoraxla'' Richards, 1978 *'' Polybia fastidiosuscula'' Saussure, 1854 *'' Polybia ficaria'' Richards, 1978 *'' Polybia flavifrons'' Smith, 1857 *''

Polybia flavitincta ''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 *'' Polybia aequatorialis'' Zavattari, 1906 *'' Polybia ...

'' 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'' (

, 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 ''Polybia rejecta'' is a species of social wasp found in the Neotropics region of the world. It was first described by Fabricius in South America in the 1790s. The wasp is associated with many other organisms, particularly specific species of ...

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, 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'' (

, 1787) *'' Polybia sulciscutis'' Cameron, 1912 *'' Polybia tinctipennis'' Fox, 1898 *'' Polybia uruguayensis'' Giordani Soika, 1965 *'' Polybia velutina'' Ducke ,1907 Polybia scutellaris nest

References

Vespidae Hymenoptera genera Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier {{Vespidae-stub