Sphex habena Say, 1832:14, sex not indicated.Louisiana. - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:289 (listed). - As Chlorion habenum: - Fernald, 1906Fernald, H.T. 1906. The digger wasps of North America and the West Indies belonging to the subfamily Chorioninae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 31:291-423. (distribution); Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291. (distribution); Strandtmann, 1953Strandtmann, R.W. 1953. Notes on the nesting habits of some digger wasps. Kansas Entomological Society Journal 26 (2):45-52. (biology). - As Sphex habenus: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (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); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Sphex lauta Cresson, 1872:212, ♀. 5 ♀♀, Texas, August (leg. Belfrage, Boll, Heiligbrodt). - Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:289 ( listed as synonym of Chlorion habenum (Say, 1832)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1580 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832); 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.:74 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832). - As Chlorion lautum: - Fernald, 1906Fernald, H.T. 1906. The digger wasps of North America and the West Indies belonging to the subfamily Chorioninae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 31:291-423. (distribution). - As Sphex lautus: - 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).
Sphex lauta illustris Cresson, 1872:212, ♀. 5 ♀♀, Texas (leg. Belfrage, Boll, Heiligbrodt). - Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:289 ( listed as synonym of Chlorion habenum (Say, 1832)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1580 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832); 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.:74 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832).
Sphex princeps Kohl, 1890:398 - Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:289 ( listed as synonym of Chlorion habenum (Say, 1832)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1580 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832); 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.:74 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832).
Sphex chrysophorus Kohl, 1890:155 (key), 399, ♂♀.Mexico (Mus. Budapest). - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:289 ( listed as synonym of Chlorion habenum (Say, 1832)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1580 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832); 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.:74 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832).
Sphex lanciger Kohl, 1895:55 - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:289 ( listed as synonym of Chlorion habenum (Say, 1832)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1580 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832); 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.:74 ( listed as synonym of Sphex habenus Say, 1832).