Parapolybia is a genus of paper wasp of the Ropalidiini tribe in the sub-family Polistinae of the family Vespidae which contains thirteen species from Iran in the west to Melanesia in the east.[2]

Parapolybia
Ropalidiini-Paper wasp (Polistinae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Ropalidiini
Genus: Parapolybia
Saussure, 1854[1]
Type species
Parapolybia indica
Saussure, 1854[1]
Species

References

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  1. 1 2 Phong Huy Pham (2014). "A Checklist of Ropalidiini Wasps of Indochina". Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade. 66 (3): 1061–1074. doi:10.2298/ABS1403061P.
  2. Yamane, Sôichi (2021), "Parapolybia", Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer, Cham, pp. 709–713, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28102-1_93, ISBN 978-3-030-28102-1, retrieved 2026-03-30