Java (wasp)

Java
Java caroliwaterhousei from Kenya
Scientific classification
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]

• 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

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.