Polybia é um gênero de vespas eussociais que ocorrem da América Central à América do Sul (México ao Brasil, Argentina). Alguns produzem mel suficiente para ser coletado e consumido pela população local.

Espécies: 

• Rutilotrixa lateralis (Walker, 1849)
• Rutilotrixa diversa (Paramonov, 1954)
• Polybia aequatorialis Zavattari, 1906
• Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
• Polybia anglica Cockerell, 1921
• Polybia barbouri Bequard, 1943
• Polybia batesi Richards, 1978
• Polybia belemensis Richards, 1970
• Polybia bicytarella Richards, 1951
• Polybia bifasciata Saussure, 1854
• Polybia bistriata (Fabricius, 1804)
• Polybia brunnea (Curtis, 1844)
• Polybia brunneiceps Cameron, 1912
• Polybia catillifex Moebius, 1856
• Polybia chrysothorax (Lichtenstein)
• Polybia depressa (Ducke, 1905)
• Polybia diguetana Buysson, 1905
• Polybia dimidiata (Olivier, 1791)
• Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
• Polybia divisoria Richards, 1978
• Polybia eberhardae Cooper, 1993
• Polybia emaciata Lucas, 1879
• Polybia erythrothoraxla Richards, 1978
• Polybia fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
• Polybia ficaria Richards, 1978
• Polybia flavifrons Smith, 1857
• Polybia flavitincta Fox, 1898
• Polybia fulvicauda Cameron, 1912
• Polybia furnaria Ihering, 1904
• Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
• Polybia ignobilis (Haliday, 1836)
• Polybia incerta Ducke ,1907
• Polybia invertita Giordani Soika, 1965
• Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
• Polybia juruana Ihering, 1904
• Polybia laboriosa Saussure, 1853
• Polybia liliacea (Fabricius, 1804)
• Polybia luctuosus Smith, 1858
• Polybia lugubris Saussure, 1854
• Polybia micans Ducke, 1904
• Polybia minarum Ducke, 1906
• Polybia nausica Richards, 1951
• Polybia nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
• Polybia nigriceps Zavattari, 1906
• Polybia nigrina Richards, 1978
• Polybia oblita Cockerell, 1921
• Polybia occidentalis (Olivier, 1791)
• Polybia parvula
• Polybia parvulina Richards, 1970
• Polybia paulista Ihering, 1896
• Polybia platycephala Richards, 1951
• Polybia plebeja Saussure, 1867
• Polybia procellosa Zavattari ,1906
• Polybia pseudospilonota Giordani Soika, 1965
• Polybia punctata Buysson, 1908
• Polybia quadricincta Saussure, 1854
• Polybia raui Bequard, 1933
• Polybia rejecta (Fabricius, 1798)
• Polybia richardsi Cooper, 1993
• Polybia ruficeps Schrottky, 1902
• Polybia rufitarsis Ducke ,1904
• Polybia scrobalis Richards, 1970
• Polybia scutellaris (White, 1841)
• Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002
• Polybia sericea (Olivier, 1792)
• Polybia signata Ducke ,1910
• Polybia simillima Smith, 1862
• Polybia singularis Ducke ,1909
• Polybia spilonota Cameron, 1904
• Polybia spinifex Richards, 1978
• Polybia striata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Polybia sulciscutis Cameron, 1912
• Polybia tinctipennis Fox, 1898
• Polybia uruguayensis Giordani Soika, 1965
• Polybia velutina Ducke ,1907