Biology:Polybia
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Short description: Genus of wasps
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Genus: | Polybia Lepeletier, 1836 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Polistes liliacea Fabricius, 1804[2]
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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.[3]
Species
- Rutilotrixa lateralis (Walker, 1849)
- Rutilotrixa diversa (Paramonov, 1954)
- 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. http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7da6/63fd45a489e882013129ee5afac912808624.pdf.
- ↑ James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. http://iunh2.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/wasp/Epiponini/epiponini.htm. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q785677 entry
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