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Polybia

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicariae

Taxonomy
Polybia was named by Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (1835). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespidae by Cockerell (1921), Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Polybia Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau p. 533
1921Polybia Cockerell p. 20
1992Polybia Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Aculeati
—Platiglossata
familyFormicariae
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyArmaniinae()
subfamilySphecomyrminae
subfamilyHaidomyrmecinae()
subfamilyZigrasimeciinae()
—Leptanillomorpha
—Euformicia
subfamilyLeptanillinaeEmery 1910
—Poneria
subfamilyPonerinae
RankNameAuthor
—Agroparaponeria
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilySciaroidea
familySciaridae()
—Proceratiomorpha
subfamilyAgroecomyrmecinae()
—Doryloformicia
subfamilyDorylinaeLeach 1815
—Formicia
—Myrmeciomorpha
subfamilyMyrmeciinaeSmith 1851
subfamilyPseudomyrmecinaeSmith 1952
—Formicomyrmida
—Formicomorpha
—Myrmicomorpha
subfamilyEctatomminaeEmery 1895
subfamilyMyrmicinae
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
—Eremoneura
suborderCyclorrhapha()
familySyrphidae()
subfamilyEristalinae
tribeBrachyopiniWilliston 1885
subfamilyProceratiinaeEmery 1895
—Myrmechoderida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Unicalcarida
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
genusPolybia()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Polybia Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available