| Polybia | |
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| in the Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Epiponini |
| Genus: | Polybia Lepeletier, 1836 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Polistes liliacea Fabricius, 1804[2]
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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.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Santolaya AA, Gentile JM (1953). "[Analysis of honey from Polybia scutellaris (Camuati)]". Rev Fac Cienc Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 11 (1–2): 227–32. PMID 13100998.