HYMENOPTERA :: Vespidae :: Polistinae :: Parapolybia

Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787)

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.

Pham, P. H. 2016. Notes on hibernation of a Lesser Yellow-Jacket wasp, Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Vietnam, with comments on its nest. Euroasian Entomological Journal 15(4): 335–338.

Vecht, J. van der (1966). The East-Asiatic and Indo-Australian species of Polybioides Buysson and Parapolybia Saussure (HYM., Vespidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 82(1): 1–42.