Sphex latro Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848:588, sex not indicated.Britisch-Guiana. - Smith, 1856Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Sphegidae, Larridae, and Crabronidae. London. 497 pp. (distribution); Kohl, 1890Kohl, F.F. 1890. Die Hymenopterengruppe der Sphecinen. I. Monographie der natürlichen Gattung Sphex Linné (sens. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 5:77-194, 317-462. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution).
Sphex clypeata Smith, 1856:257, ♂. ♂, Brazil (B.M.). - As Sphex clypeatus: - Kohl, 1890Kohl, F.F. 1890. Die Hymenopterengruppe der Sphecinen. I. Monographie der natürlichen Gattung Sphex Linné (sens. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 5:77-194, 317-462. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:75 ( listed as synonym of Sphex latro Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848).
Sphex roratus Kohl, 1890:157 (key), 417, ♂♀ Replacement name for Sphex latro Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848 by Kohl, 1890Kohl, F.F. 1890. Die Hymenopterengruppe der Sphecinen. I. Monographie der natürlichen Gattung Sphex Linné (sens. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 5:77-194, 317-462.:417. - Kohl, 1890Kohl, F.F. 1890. Die Hymenopterengruppe der Sphecinen. I. Monographie der natürlichen Gattung Sphex Linné (sens. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 5:77-194, 317-462. (distribution); Berland, 1929Berland, M.L. 1929. Les Sphegidae (Hyménoptères) du Muséum National de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) 1:309-312. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:75 ( listed as synonym of Sphex latro Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848).