Java (wasp)
| Java | |
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| Java caroliwaterhousei from Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
| Tribe: | Pepsini |
| Genus: | Java Pate, 1946[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Sphex nigrita Fabricius, 1781
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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 nigricornis (Tullgren, 1904)
- Java nigrita (Fabricius, 1781) [=Priocnemis (Cyphononyx) concolor Taschenberg, 1869]
References
[edit]- ^ Krombein, Karl V. (1961). "V. S. L. Pate, 1903-1958". Entomological News. 72: 1–5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wahis, R. (2000). "Revision des especes afrotropicales, indo-orientales et australiennes du genre Java Pate 1946 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae)". Notes Fauniques de Gembloux. 38: 43–76.