Polybia
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| Polybia | |
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| Polybia (Myrapetra) rufipes in the Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Tribe: | Epiponini |
| Genus: | Polybia Lepeletier, 1836[1] |
| Type species | |
| Polistes liliacea Fabricius, 1804[1] | |
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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.[2]
