Polybia


Polybia is a genus of eusocial wasps ranging from Central to South America. 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 Saussure, 1854
  • Polybia bistriata
  • Polybia brunnea
  • Polybia brunneiceps Cameron, 1912
  • Polybia catillifex Moebius, 1856
  • Polybia chrysothorax
  • Polybia depressa
  • Polybia diguetana Buysson, 1905
  • Polybia dimidiata
  • 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
  • Polybia incerta Ducke,1907
  • Polybia invertita Giordani Soika, 1965
  • Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
  • Polybia juruana Ihering, 1904
  • Polybia laboriosa Saussure, 1853
  • Polybia liliacea
  • 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
  • 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 richardsi Cooper, 1993
  • Polybia ruficeps Schrottky, 1902
  • Polybia rufitarsis Ducke,1904
  • Polybia scrobalis Richards, 1970
  • Polybia scutellaris
  • Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002
  • Polybia sericea
  • Polybia signata Ducke,1910
  • Polybia simillima Smith, 1862
  • Polybia singularis Ducke,1909
  • Polybia spilonota Cameron, 1904
  • Polybia spinifex Richards, 1978
  • Polybia striata
  • Polybia sulciscutis Cameron, 1912
  • Polybia tinctipennis Fox, 1898
  • Polybia uruguayensis Giordani Soika, 1965
  • Polybia velutina Ducke,1907