Polybia

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 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