Sphex fervens Linnaeus, 1758:569, sex not indicated. Linnaeus, 1758Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata. [4] + [5] + 823 + [1] p.:569,Indiis. - Linnaeus, 1764Linnaeus, C. 1764. Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque, &c. In quo animalia rariora, exotica, imprimis. Insecta & Conchilia describuntur & determinantur. Prodromi instar. :8 + 720 pp.:406 (description, listed); Linnaeus, 1767Linnaeus, C. 1767. . 533-1327.:942 (listed); Fabricius, 1781Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum differentiae specificas, synonyma, auctorum, locanatalia, metamorphosin. Vol. 1. Hamburgi et Kilonii. iii-viii + 552 pp.:444 (listed); Fabricius, 1787Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tome I. Proft, Hafniae [=Copenhagen]. 348 pp.:275 (listed); Fabricius, 1793Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Hafniae. viii + 519 pp.:200 (listed); Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.:209 (listed); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:287 (listed). - As Pepsis fervens: - Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.:209 (listed); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:287 (listed). - As Priononyx fervens: - Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (distribution). - As Prionyx fervens: - 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); Fernández, 1990Fernández, F. 1990. Preliminary observations of sphecids of the Reserva la Macarena, Meta, Colombia. Sphecos 19:23-24. (distribution); Fernández, 2000Fernández-C., F 2000. Nuevos registros de avispas Sphecidae y Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea) para Colombia. Caldasia 22 (1):142-145. (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); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:287 (listed), 289 (listed).
Pepsis Johannis Fabricius, 1804:208, sex not indicated.America meridionalis Insulis (Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt, leg. Smidt). - 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.:1585 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)); 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.:72 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:289 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)).
Sphex doumerci Lepeletier, 1845:357 - 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.:1585 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)); 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.:72 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)). - As Priononyx doumerci: - As Sphex doumercii: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution).
Priononyx striata Smith, 1856:266, ♂♀.Brazil (Para; Villa Nova) (H. W. Bates). - 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.:1585 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)); 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.:72 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)). - As Chlorion striatum: - 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).
Sphex laerma Cameron, 1897:370, sex not indicated.Mexico, Rio Papagaio in Guerrero, 1200 feet (leg. H.H. Smith). - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:403 (listed); Cameron, 1899Cameron, P. 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. Supplement. :403-413. (distribution); 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.:1585 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)); 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.:72 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx fervens (Linnaeus, 1758)).