Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-Kojima, Jun-ichi, 1955-Wenzel, John W.2005-10-062005-10-062000http://hdl.handle.net/2246/219424 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-24).A cladistic analysis of the subgenera of the paper wasp genus Polybia Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae), and the other genera that construct phragmocyttarus nests, is presented. The results clearly indicate paraphyly of Polybia in terms of the genus Synoecoides Ducke. To remove the paraphyly, Synoecoides is reduced in rank, to a subgenus of Polybia, new synonymy.424539 bytesapplication/pdfen-USQL1 .A436 no.3298 2000Polybia -- Phylogeny.PolybiaSynoecoides.Paper wasps -- Latin America -- Phylogeny.Paper wasps -- Latin AmericaInsects -- Latin America -- Phylogeny.Insects -- Latin Americatext