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Java (wasp)

Java is a genus of tarantula wasps (Pepsinae) with species in the Afrotropical and Indo-Australasian regions. Species in the genus include:Java atropos (Smith, 1855) Java caroliwaterhousei (Cameron, 1910) Java claviger Wahis, 2000 Java confector (Smith, 1860) Java confector confector (Smith, 1860) Java confector marginata (Haupt, 1950) Java confector obiensis Wahis, 2000 Java confector visaya Wahis, 2000 Java nigricornis (Tullgren, 1904) Java nigrita (Fabricius, 1781) [=Priocnemis (Cyphononyx) concolor Taschenberg, 1869] Java nigrita aspasia (Smith, 1859) Java nigrita floresiana Wahis, 2000 Java nigrita nigrita (Fabricius, 1781) Java rizali (Banks, 1934) Java rufocula Wahis, 2000 Java rufocula formosana Wahis, 2000 Java rufocula rufocula Wahis, 2000

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Java
Java caroliwaterhousei from Kenya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Tribe: Pepsini
Genus: Java
Pate, 194612
Type species
Sphex nigrita
Fabricius, 1781

Java is a genus of tarantula wasps (Pepsinae) with species in the Afrotropical and Indo-Australasian regions. Species in the genus include:3

  • Java atropos (Smith, 1855)
  • Java caroliwaterhousei (Cameron, 1910)
  • Java claviger Wahis, 2000
  • Java confector (Smith, 1860)
    • Java confector confector (Smith, 1860)
    • Java confector marginata (Haupt, 1950)
    • Java confector obiensis Wahis, 2000
    • Java confector visaya Wahis, 2000
  • Java nigricornis (Tullgren, 1904)
  • Java nigrita (Fabricius, 1781) [=Priocnemis (Cyphononyx) concolor Taschenberg, 1869]
    • Java nigrita aspasia (Smith, 1859)
    • Java nigrita floresiana Wahis, 2000
    • Java nigrita nigrita (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Java rizali (Banks, 1934)4
  • Java rufocula Wahis, 2000
    • Java rufocula formosana Wahis, 2000
    • Java rufocula rufocula Wahis, 2000
References

References

  1. Pate, V.S.L. (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (2): 65–137.
  2. Krombein, Karl V. (1961). "V. S. L. Pate, 1903-1958". Entomological News. 72: 1–5.
  3. Wahis, Raymond (2000). "Revision des especes afrotropicales, indo-orientales et australiennes du genre Java Pate 1946 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae)". Notes Fauniques de Gembloux. 38: 43–76.
  4. Vives, Eduard (2011). "New or interesting longhorns from the Philippines (Part IV) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)". Les Cahiers Magellanes, Nouvelle Série (3): 9–19. Retrieved 2026-02-21.