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
There are 59 extant species of Polybia divided into 11 subgenera.
Polybia (Alpha) <small>de Saussure, 1854</small>
Polybia (Apopolybia) <small>Richards, 1978</small>
Polybia (Cylindroeca) <small>Richards, 1978</small>
Polybia (Formicicola) <small>Richards, 1978</small>
Polybia (Furnariana) <small>Richards, 1978</small>
Polybia (Myrapetra) <small>White, 1841 </small>
- Polybia aequatorialis <small>Zavattari, 1906</small>
- Polybia barbouri <small>Bequard, 1943</small>
- Polybia belemensis <small>Richards, 1970</small>
- Polybia bicyttarella <small>Richards, 1951</small>
- Polybia bistriata <small>(Fabricius, 1804)</small>
- Polybia catillifex <small>Moebius, 1856</small>
- Polybia dimorpha <small>Richards, 1978</small>
- Polybia divisoria <small>Richards, 1978</small>
- Polybia erythrothorax <small>Richards, 1978</small>
- Polybia fastidiosuscula <small>Saussure, 1854</small>
- Polybia ficaria <small>Richards, 1978</small>
- Polybia flavifrons <small>Smith, 1857</small>
- Polybia juruana <small>Ihering, 1904</small>
- Polybia nidulatrix <small>Bequard, 1933</small>
- Polybia occidentalis <small>(Olivier, 1791)</small>
- Polybia parvulina <small>Richards, 1970</small>
- Polybia paulista <small>Ihering, 1896</small>
- Polybia platycephala <small>Richards, 1951</small>
- Polybia plebeja <small>Saussure, 1867</small>
- Polybia roraimae <small>Raw, 2000</small>
- Polybia ruficeps <small>Schrottky, 1902</small>
- Polybia scrobalis <small>Richards, 1970</small>
- Polybia scutellaris <small>(White, 1841)</small>
- Polybia selvana <small>Carpenter, 2002</small>
Polybia (Pedothoeca) <small>Richards, 1978</small>
Polybia (Platypolybia) <small>Richards, 1978</small>
Polybia (Polybia) <small>Lepeletier, 1836</small>
Polybia (Synoecoides) <small>Ducke, 1905</small>
Polybia (Trichinothorax) <small>Carpenter & Day, 1988</small>
- Polybia affinis <small>Buysson, 1908</small>
- Polybia batesi <small>Richards, 1978</small>
- Polybia chrysothorax <small>(Lichtenstein)</small>
- Polybia eberhardae <small>Cooper, 1993</small>
- Polybia flavitincta <small>Fox, 1898</small>
- Polybia gorytoides <small>Fox, 1898</small>
- Polybia ignobilis <small>(Haliday, 1836)</small>
- Polybia lugubris <small>Saussure, 1854</small>
- Polybia micans <small>Ducke, 1904</small>
- Polybia minarum <small>Ducke, 1906</small>
- Polybia nigrina <small>Richards, 1978</small>
- Polybia punctata <small>Buysson, 1908</small>
- Polybia raui <small>Bequard, 1933</small>
- Polybia rufitarsis <small>Ducke, 1904</small>
- Polybia sericea <small>(Olivier, 1792)</small>
- Polybia tinctipennis <small>Fox, 1898</small>
- Polybia velutina <small>Ducke, 1907</small>
Fossil species
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