HYMENOPTERA :: Vespidae :: Polistinae :: Parapolybia

Parapolybia crocea Saito-Morooka et al. 2015

Biology

Eusocial wasps. Colonies founded by a single queen.  Scavage on dead arthropods, carrion or actively hunting.

Sources

Barthélémy, C. A. Provisional Identification Guide to the Social Vespids of Hong Kong (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Available online: http://insectahk.com

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.

Makino, S. I., Taki, H., & Makihara, H. 2017. Social wasps collected with Malaise traps in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantations (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 16(4),:257–263.

Peng, Y., Chen, B., & Li, T. 2017. Sequencing and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Parapolybia crocea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 60(4): 464–474.

Saito-Morooka, F., Nguyen, L. T., & Kojima, J. I. 2015. Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia. Zootaxa 3947(2): 215–235.