Sphex Thomae Fabricius, 1775:346, sex not indicated.insula Thomae Americae. - Fabricius, 1781Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum differentiae specificas, synonyma, auctorum, locanatalia, metamorphosin. Vol. 1. Hamburgi et Kilonii. iii-viii + 552 pp.:443 (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.:274 (listed); Fabricius, 1793Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Hafniae. viii + 519 pp.:199 (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); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:36 (listed); Cameron, 1889Cameron, P. 1889. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :34-64. (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); Fox, 1891Fox, W.J. 1891. On a collection of Hymenoptera made in Jamaica during April, 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18:337-348. (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); Schrottky, 1902Schrottky, C. 1902. Hyménoptères nouveaux de l'Amérique méridionale. . An. Mus. Buenos Aires 7:309-316. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (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.:291 (listed). - As Chlorion thomae: - 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); Maldonado & Navarro, 1967Maldonado, J. & Navarro, C.A. 1967. Additions and corrections to Wolcott's 'Insects of Puerto Rico'. Caribbean Journal of Science 7 (1-2):45-64. (distribution). - As Harpactopus thomae: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution). - As Pepsis thomae: - 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.:291 (listed). - As Priononyx thomae: - 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); Gundlach, 1887Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution). - As Prionyx thomae: - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Dewitz, 1881Dewitz, H. 1881. Hymenopteren von Portorico. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25:197-208. (distribution); Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Contributions to the entomology of New Mexico. Proc. Davenport Acad. nat. Sci. 7:139-148. (distribution); Rohwer & Holland, 1917Rohwer, S.A. & W.J. Holland 1917. List of the Hymenoptera collected on the Isle of Pines by G. A. Link, Sr., 1912-1913, and contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11:291-296. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los Himenópteros de Cuba - Superfamilia Sphecoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologia, Serie Biologica 67:1-46. (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. (distribution); Elliott et al., 1979Elliott, N., F. Kurczewski, S. Claflin, & P. Salbert 1979. Preliminary annotated list of the wasps of San Salvador Island, The Bahamas, with a new species of Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae, Scoliidae, Vespidae, Pompilidae, Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81 (3):352-365. (distribution); Elliott & Salbert, 1981Elliott, N.B. & P. Salbert 1981. Observations on the nesting behavior of Tachytes tricinctus (F.) on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88 (3):170-173. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Callan, 1990Callan, E.Mc C. 1990. Sphecidae of Trinidad. I. Ampulicinae, Sphecinae and Pemphredoninae. Sphecos 20:19. (distribution); Snelling, 1992Snelling, R.R. 1992. Guana and Mona Islands. Sphecos 23:12-14. (distribution); Elliott, 1992Elliott, N.B. 1992. Wasps of the Bahamas (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Pompilidae, Vespidae, Sphecidae). Proceedings of the fourth Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas :41-48. (distribution); Snelling, 1993Snelling, R.R. 1993. Guana Island - 1992. Sphecos 24:17-19. (distribution); Askew, 1994Askew, R.R. 1994. The Insects of the Cayman Islands. In: Brunt, M.A. & Davies J.E. (Ed.). The Cayman Islands. Natural History and Biogeography. . (distribution); Fernández, 2000Fernández-C., F 2000. Nuevos registros de avispas Sphecidae y Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea) para Colombia. Caldasia 22 (1):142-145. (distribution); Fernández Triana et al., 2002Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48. (distribution); Rodríguez Velázquez & Mestre Novoa, 2002Rodríguez Velázquez, D. & Mestre Novoa, N. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptrera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12:6-10. (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); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Snelling, 2005Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296. (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.:286 (listed), 291 (listed); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209. (distribution); Genaro, 2006Genaro, J.A. 2006. Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba. Zootaxa 1171:47-68. (distribution); Horta Vega et al., 2007Horta Vega, J.V., O.N. Pinson Domínguez, L. Barrientos Lozano & A. Correa Sandoval 2007. Sphecidae y Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 23:35-48. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution); Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution); Medina, 2016Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Breto, 2021Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de abejas y avispas apoideas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) del Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Ecovida 1:20-28. (distribution). - As Pryonyx thomae: - Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2019Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala-Barajas, H. Delfín-González & J.V. Horta-Vega 2019. Diversidad de avispas depredadoras en dos tipos de vegetación del estado de Yucatán en México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90:1-11. (distribution). - As Pryonyx thomae: - Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2019Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala-Barajas, H. Delfín-González & J.V. Horta-Vega 2019. Diversidad de avispas depredadoras en dos tipos de vegetación del estado de Yucatán en México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90:1-11. (distribution).
Pepsis Crucis Fabricius, 1804:209, sex not indicated.America meridionalis Insulis (Mus. Dom. Lund, leg. Smidt). - Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291.:287 ( listed as synonym of Sphex thomae Fabricius, 1775); 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:286 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)). - As Sphex crucis: - Lepeletier, 1845Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646. (distribution), 342 (comb. nov.); 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).
Enodia pubidorsum Costa, 1862:69, ♂.Brasilia (Mus. Zool. Reg. Archig. Neap.). - 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)). - As Chlorion pubidorsum: - Fernald, 1942Fernald, H.T. 1942. Annotated list of Florida Sphecinae (Hym., Sphecidae). Entomological News 53 (10):286-291. (distribution); Krombein, 1950Krombein, K.V. 1950. An annotated list of wasps from Nags Head and the Kill Devil Hills (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 65:262-272. (distribution).
Priononyx thomae Antillarum Saussure, 1868:43, ♂♀.no location. - 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)).
Priononyx thomae Mexicana Saussure, 1868:43, ♀. ♀, Mexico temperata, Mechoacan. - As Priononyx thomae mexicanus: - 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)).
Sphex Edwardsi Cameron, 1903:230, ♂♀.Ambato, 8630 feet. - 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)).
Sphex platensis Brèthes, 1908:146, ♂♀.Salta, Jujuy, Mendoza, Nov. Friburg (Mus. Nac. de Buenos Aires). - 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)).
Sphex thomae altibia Strand, 1911:151, ♂. Holotype ♂, Equador, Envir. de Riobamba, 1901 (leg. Dr. P. Rivet). - 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.:1586 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)); 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.:73 ( listed as synonym of Prionyx thomae (Fabricius, 1775)).