Polybia sedula Saussure, 1854:169, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:150, Holotype ♀, examined (MNHN, Paris); Santos et al., 2018Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia sedula species-group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with an new identification key to species. Zootaxa 4403 (1):87-98.:92, Syntype ♀, examined (MNHN). - Zavattari, 1906Zavattari, E. 1906. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nel Darien, nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparada dela R. Universita di Torino 21 (529):1-22. (distribution). - As Protopolybia sedula: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Santos et al., 2018Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia sedula species-group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with an new identification key to species. Zootaxa 4403 (1):87-98. (distribution).
Polybia pumila Saussure, 1863:239, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:150, Holotype ♀ (Senckenberg Mus.); Santos et al., 2018Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia sedula species-group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with an new identification key to species. Zootaxa 4403 (1):87-98.:92, Holotype ♀, examined (SMF). Synonymized with Protopolybia sedula (Saussure, 1854) by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:150. - Santos et al., 2018Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia sedula species-group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with an new identification key to species. Zootaxa 4403 (1):87-98.:92 ( listed as synonym of Protopolybia sedula (Saussure, 1854)).
Protopolybia punctulata Ducke, 1907:166, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:142, Types (depository unknown). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:142 ( listed as synonym of Protopolybia exigua exigua (Saussure, 1854)); Santos et al., 2018Santos, J.N. dos Jr., O.T. Silveira & J.M. Carpenter 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia sedula species-group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with an new identification key to species. Zootaxa 4403 (1):87-98.:92 ( listed as synonym of Protopolybia sedula (Saussure, 1854)).