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Genus of wasps

Polybia
in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Polybia
Lepeletier, 1836 
Type species
Polistes liliacea
Fabricius, 1804
Species

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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.

Species

Polybia diguetana
Polybia scutellaris nest in the State of Paraná, Brazil

References

  1. 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. S2CID 83565575.
  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). "". Rev Fac Cienc Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 11 (1–2): 227–32. PMID 13100998.
Taxon identifiers
Polybia


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