Angiopolybia is a genus from the tribe Epiponini. The species was originally described by R L Araujo in 1946.

Description

Angiopolybia is a Neotropical swarming-founding social wasp. The nests of Angiopolybia are ovoid or bottle-shaped, with a single entry at the lower part.

Taxonomy

The genus is composed of four species:

Range

Angiopolybia has been observed from Costa Rica to the south-central region of Brazil, with the exception of Angiopolybia pallens, which only occurs in the northern Atlantic coast of the Amazon. Species boundaries are frequently hard to delimit due to intraspecific morphological variation.

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