Epiponini

{{Short description|Tribe of wasps}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Marimbondo bunda amarela.jpg | image_caption = ''Polybia'' sp. and nest | taxon = Epiponini | authority = Lucas, 1867 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''Apoica''<ref name="Marimbondos">{{cite journal |last1=Noll |first1=Fernando B. |last2=da Silva |first2=Marjorie |last3=Soleman |first3=Raduan A. |last4=Lopes |first4=Rogério B. |last5=Grandinete |first5=Yuri C. |last6=Almeida |first6=Eduardo A. B. |last7=Wenzel |first7=John W. |last8=Carpenter |first8=James M. |title=Marimbondos: systematics, biogeography, and evolution of social behaviour of neotropical swarm-founding wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) |journal=Cladistics |date=August 2021 |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=423–441 |doi=10.1111/cla.12446 |pmid=34478190 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12446 |language=en |issn=0748-3007|url-access=subscription |hdl=11449/206994 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> *''Agelaia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Angiopolybia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Asteloeca'' *''Brachygastra''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Chartergellus''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Charterginus''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Chartergus''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Clypearia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Epipona''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Leipomeles''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Metapolybia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Nectarinella''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Parachartergus''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Polybia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Protonectarina''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Protopolybia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Pseudopolybia''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> *''Synoeca''<ref name="Marimbondos"/> | synonyms = Polybiini }}

The '''Epiponini''' (formerly known as '''Polybiini''') are a large and diverse tribe of social wasps inhabiting the Neotropical region, with some species' ranges extending into the Nearctic region.

==Selected species== * ''Apoica pallens''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Howard |first1=K.J. |last2=Smith |first2=A.R. |last3=O'Donnell |first3=S. |last4=Jeanne |first4=R.L. |title=Novel method of swarm emigration by the epiponine wasp, Apoica pallens (Hymenoptera Vespidae) |journal=Ethology Ecology & Evolution |date=1 October 2002 |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=365–371 |doi=10.1080/08927014.2002.9522737 |bibcode=2002EtEcE..14..365H |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228694342}}</ref> * ''Leipomeles dorsata''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Noll |first1=Fernando B |last2=Gomes |first2=Bruno |last3=Lima |first3=Alexandre C O |last4=Mateus |first4=Sidnei |last5=Wenzel |first5=John W |title=Castes in the neotropical social wasp Leipomeles dorsata (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): a window for workers achieving a new status in the colony |journal=Neotropical Entomology |date=August 2010 |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=549–554 |doi=10.1590/S1519-566X2010000400013 |pmid=20877990 |url=https://www.scielo.br/j/ne/a/9NV35ZcPSyMShqtsbVKxTQj/?lang=en&format=html|hdl=11449/22433 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> * ''Parachartergus apicalis''<ref name="g058">{{cite journal | last1=Dejean | first1=Alain | last2=Corbara | first2=Bruno | last3=Lachaud | first3=Jean-Paul | title=The Anti-Predator Strategies of Parachartergus apicalis (Vespidae: Polistinae) | journal=Sociobiology | publisher=Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana | volume=32 | issue=3 | date=1998-01-01 | issn=0361-6525 | pages=177–187 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230561748 | access-date=2024-05-13}}</ref> * ''Parachartergus colobopterus'' * ''Polybia sericea'' * ''Protopolybia exigua'' * ''Synoeca cyanea'' * ''Brachygastra mellifica''

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Vespidae Category:Hymenoptera tribes