''Polybioides'' is a genus of
paper wasp
Paper wasps are Vespidae, vespid wasps that gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct nests made of gray or brown papery material. Some types of paper wasps are also sometimes called umbrell ...
of the sub-family
Polistinae
The Polistinae is a subfamily of eusocial wasps belonging to the Family (biology), family Vespidae. They are closely related to the more familiar wasps (“yellowjackets” as they are called in North America) and true hornets of the subfamily V ...
which contains six species which are found in the
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
,
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
and
Indomalayan
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
zoogeographic regions.
Species
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Polybioides angustus''
Vecht, 1966
*''
Polybioides gracilis''
Vecht, 1966
*''
Polybioides melaina''
( Meade-Waldo, 1911)
*''
Polybioides psecas
''Polybioides'' is a genus of paper wasp of the sub-family Polistinae which contains six species which are found in the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Indomalayan zoogeographic regions.
Species
*'' Polybioides angustus'' Vecht, 1966
*'' Polybi ...
''
R. du Buysson, 1913
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Polybioides raphigastra
''Polybioides raphigastra'' is a species of social wasp found in the forests of South East Asia and Indonesia. It has recently been placed in the tribe Ropalidiini. This species is known for the downward-spiraling shape of their nests, and for ha ...
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( Saussure, 1854)
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Polybioides tabidus
The African swarm-founding wasp, ''Polybioides tabidus'', is a social paper wasp from the order Hymenoptera that is typically found in Central Africa.Turillazzi, S., Francescato, Baldini Tosi, A. E., Carpenter, JM. A distinct caste difference in ...
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( Fabricius, 1781)
References
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Vespidae