Polybia Traili Cameron, 1906:383, ♀.Rio Purus, Amazons (leg. Prof. J.W.H. Trail); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:199, Holotype ♀, examined (BMNH). - As Occipitalia traili: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution), 199 (comb. nov.).
Polybia ujhelyi Ducke, 1909:626, Lectotype ♀, examined (MNHN, Paris), designated by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:199; Carpenter, 1999Carpenter, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3259:1-44.:6, Lectotype (MNHN). Synonymized with Occipitalia traili (Cameron, 1906) by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:199. - Carpenter, 1999Carpenter, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3259:1-44. (distribution).
Polybia ujhelyi obscura Ducke, 1909:626, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:199, Holotype ♀ (TM, Budapest); Carpenter, 1999Carpenter, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3259:1-44.:6, Holotype ♀ (HNHM). Synonymized with Occipitalia traili (Cameron, 1906) by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:199. - As Asteloeca obscura: