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Polybia
Sign in to savePolybia 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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyEumenidae
Observations recorded39,241
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,033
- With media
- 439
- Family
- Vespidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, FCB-UANL
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polistinae
- Image
- Polybia SP1.jpg
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- Category:Polybia
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Species
- ''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 (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>
- Fossil species
- References
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.
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