# Epiponini

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{{Short description|Tribe of wasps}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Marimbondo bunda amarela.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Polybia](/source/Polybia)'' sp. and nest
| taxon = Epiponini
| authority = Lucas, 1867
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
*''[Apoica](/source/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](/source/Agelaia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Angiopolybia](/source/Angiopolybia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Asteloeca](/source/Asteloeca)''
*''[Brachygastra](/source/Brachygastra)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Chartergellus](/source/Chartergellus)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Charterginus](/source/Charterginus)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Chartergus](/source/Chartergus)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Clypearia](/source/Clypearia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Epipona](/source/Epipona)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Leipomeles](/source/Leipomeles)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Metapolybia](/source/Metapolybia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Nectarinella](/source/Nectarinella)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Parachartergus](/source/Parachartergus)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Polybia](/source/Polybia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Protonectarina](/source/Protonectarina)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Protopolybia](/source/Protopolybia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Pseudopolybia](/source/Pseudopolybia)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
*''[Synoeca](/source/Synoeca)''<ref name="Marimbondos"/>
| synonyms = Polybiini
}}

The '''Epiponini''' (formerly known as '''Polybiini''') are a large and diverse tribe of [social wasp](/source/social_wasp)s inhabiting the [Neotropical](/source/Neotropical) region, with some species' ranges extending into the [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic) region.

==Selected species==
* ''[Apoica pallens](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Parachartergus_colobopterus)''
* ''[Polybia sericea](/source/Polybia_sericea)''
* ''[Protopolybia exigua](/source/Protopolybia_exigua)''
* ''[Synoeca cyanea](/source/Synoeca_cyanea)''
* ''[Brachygastra mellifica](/source/Brachygastra_mellifica)''

==References==
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Category:Vespidae
Category:Hymenoptera tribes

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