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Long-waisted Honey Wasps
Polybia
Polybia is a genus of eusocial wasps ranging from Central to South America (Mexico to Brazil, Argentina).
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Myrapetra
subgenusMyrapetra

Trichinothorax
subgenusTrichinothorax

Formicicola
subgenusFormicicola

Mud-nesting Paper Wasps
subgenusPedothoeca

Polybia
subgenusPolybia

Apopolybia
subgenusApopolybia

Cylindroeca
subgenusCylindroeca

Alpha
subgenusAlpha
Furnariana
subgenusFurnariana
Platypolybia
subgenusPlatypolybia
Synoecoides
subgenusSynoecoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Polybia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119620.