Java (wasp)

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Java
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Java caroliwaterhousei from Kenya
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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

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

References

  1. ↑ Krombein, Karl V. (1961). "V. S. L. Pate, 1903-1958". Entomological News. 72: 1–5.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
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