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); Carpenter et al., 2004Carpenter, J.M., F.S. Nascimento, S. Mateus, F.B. Noll & J.I. Kojima 2004. A revision of the genus Asteloeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3427:1-12.:11, Holotype ♀ (Natural History Museum, London). - As Asteloeca traili: - Carpenter et al., 2004Carpenter, J.M., F.S. Nascimento, S. Mateus, F.B. Noll & J.I. Kojima 2004. A revision of the genus Asteloeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3427:1-12. (distribution). - 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 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); Carpenter et al., 2004Carpenter, J.M., F.S. Nascimento, S. Mateus, F.B. Noll & J.I. Kojima 2004. A revision of the genus Asteloeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3427:1-12.:11, Holotype ♀ (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest). 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 et al., 2004Carpenter, J.M., F.S. Nascimento, S. Mateus, F.B. Noll & J.I. Kojima 2004. A revision of the genus Asteloeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3427:1-12.:11 ( listed as synonym of Asteloeca traili (Cameron, 1906)). - As Asteloeca obscura: