For a bibliography of the Sphecoidea, see Pulwaski's site at the Calif. Academy of Sciences
Ampulex canaliculata Say
Ampulex mutilloides Kohl
Dolichurus greenei Rohwer
undet . from Costa Rica, Panama, Malaysia
Ammophila aberti Hald.
Ammophila acuta (Fern.)
Ammophila aphrodite Menke
Ammophila apicalis G.- M.
Ammophila azteca Cam.
Ammophila boharti Menke
Ammophila breviceps Smith
Ammophila californica Menke.
Ammophila campestris Lat.
Ammophila centralis Cam.
Ammophila cleopatra Menke
Ammophila dynamica Menke
Ammophila evansi Menke
Ammophila extremitata Cress.
Ammophila ferruginosa Cress.
Ammophila femurrubra Fox
Ammophila fernaldi (Murr.)
Ammophila gracilis Lep.
Ammophila harti (Fern.)
Ammophila hermosa Menke
Ammophila heydeni Dahlb.
Ammophila juncea Cress.
Ammophila hungarica Mocs.
Ammophila kennedyi (Murray)
Ammophila leoparda (Fern.)
Ammophila macra Cress.
Ammophila marshi Menke
Ammophila mcclayi Menke
Ammophila mediata Cress.
Ammophila nigricans Dahl.
Ammophila novita (Fern.)
Ammophila parapolita (Fern.)
Ammophila parkeri Menke
Ammophila picipes Cam.
Ammophila pictipennis Walh.
Ammophila placida Smith
Ammophila procera Dhlb.
Ammophila pruinosa Cress.
Ammophila sabulosa Linn.
Ammophila strenua Cress.
Ammophila terninata Sm.
Ammophila urnaria Dahl.
Ammophila varipes Cress.
Ammophila wrightii (Cress.)
Ammophila zanthoptera Cam.
Ammophila spp.
Chalybion californicum (Sauss.)
Chalybion flebile (Lepel.)
Chalybion omissum (Kohl.)
Chalybion targionii (Car.)
Chalybion zimmermani Dahlb.
Chlorion aerarium Patton
Chlorion cyaneum Dahlb.
Chlorion hemipyrrhum (Sich.)
Chlorion lobatum Fab.
Dynatus nigripes Kohl.
Dynatus spp.
Eremnophila aureonotata (Cameron)
Eremnophila spp.
Fernaldina lucae (Sauss.)
Isodontia apicalis (Smith)
Isodontia auripes (Fern.)
Isodontia elegans (Smith)
Isodontia exornata (Fernald)
Isodontia mexicana (Sauss.)
Isodontia philadelphica (Lep.)
Isodontia spp.
Palmodes laeviventris (Cr.)
Palmodes dimidiatus (DeG.)
Palmodes praesitans (Kohl.)
Podalonia affinis (Kby.)
Podalonia argentifrons (Cress.)
Podalonia communis (Cress.)
Podalonia hirsuta Scop.
Podalonia fera (Lep.)
Podalonia luctuosa (Smith)
Podalonia mexicana (Sauss.)
Podalonia melaena Murr.
Podalonia mickeli Murr.
Podalonia morrisoni (Cress.)
Podalonia occidentalis Murr.
Podalonia parallela Murr.
Podalonia puncta Murr.
Podalonia robusta (Cress.)
Podalonia valida (Cress.)
Podalonia sericea Murr.
Podalonia tydei (Le G.)
Podalonia tydei suspiciosa (F. Smith)
Podalonia violaceipennis (Lep.)
Podium luctuosum Smith
Podium rufipes Fab.
Podium spp.
Prionyx albisectus (Lep. & Serv.)
Prionyx atratus (Lep.)
Prionyx canadensis Prov.
Prionyx fervens (Linn.)
Prionyx foxi Boh. & Menke
Prionyx kirbii (V. d. L.)
Prionyx parkeri Boh. & Menke
Prionyx subatratus (Boh.)
Prionyx thomae (Fab.)
Prionyx spp.
Sceliphron caementarium (Dr.)
Sceliphron destillatorium (Ill.)
Sceliphron javanum aemulum Kohl
Sceliphron laetum (F. Smith)
Sceliphron madraspanatum (Fab.)
Sceliphron spirifex (Linn.)
Sceliphron spp.
Sphex ashmeadi (Fern.)
Sphex flavipennis Fab.
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fab.
Sphex habenus Say
Sphex ichneumoneus L.
Sphex jamaicensis (Dr.)
Sphex maxillosus Fab.
Sphex nudus Fern.
Sphex pensylvanicus (Linn.)
Sphex pruinosus Germ.
Sphex rufocinctus Brulle
Sphex subtruncatus Dahlb.
Sphex texanus Cress.
Sphex spp.
Trigonopsis spp.
Diodontus adamsi Titus
Diodontus bidentatus Roh.
Diodontus crassicornis Vier.
Diodontus franclemonti Kromb.
Diodontus metathoracicus (Mick.)
Diodontus minutus (Fab.)
Diodontus occidentalis For.
Diodontus tristis (V. d. L.)
Diodontus vallicolae Roh.
Diodontus virginianus (Roh.)
Diodontus spp.
Mimesa cressonii Pack.
Mimesa dawsoni Mick.
Mimesaequestris (Fab.)
Mimesa ezra (Pate)
Mimesa foxi Finn.
Mimesa lutaria (Fab.)
Mimesa maculipes (Fox)
Mimesa pauper Pack.
Mimesa pygidialis (Mall.)
Mimesa spp.
Mimuesa canadensis (Mall.)
Mimuesa johnsoni (Vier.)
Mimuesa leucopus (Say)
Mimuesa longicornis (Fox)
Mimuesa nigra (Pack.)
Mimuesa psychra (Pate)
Mimuesa spp.
Passaloecus annulatus Say
Passaloecus areolatus Vincent.
Passaloecus armeniaceae Ckll.
Passaloecus borealis Dahlb.
Passaloecus cuspidatus Smith
Passaloecus gracilis (Curt)
Passaloecus insignis (V.d.L.)
Passaloecus ithacae Kromb.
Passaloecus lineatis Vincent.
Passaloecus monilicornis Dahlb.
Passaloecus patagiatus Vincent
Passaloecus relativus Fox
Passaloecus singularis Dahlb.
Passaloecus turionum Dahlb.
Passaloecus spp.
Pemphredon bipartior Fox
Pemphredon foxii Roh.
Pemphredon grinnelli (Roh.)
Pemphredon inornata Say
Pemphredon lethifera (Shuck.)
Pemphredon lugens Dahlb.
Pemphredon lugubris (F.)
Pemphredon menkei Boh.
Pemphredon montana Dahlb.
Pemphredon montanella Doll.
Pemphredon morio V. d. L.
Pemphredon pulawskii Doll.
Pemphredon rugifera (Dahlb.)
Pemphredon shuckardi (Mor.)
Psen monticola (Pack.)
Psen spp.
Psenulus atratus parenosus Pate
Psenulus concolor (Dahlb.)
Psenulus pallipes (Panz.)
Psenulus pallipes parenosas (Pate)
Psenulus schenkci (Tourn.)
Psenulus trisulcus (Fox)
Psenulus spp.
Stigmus americanus Pack.
Undetermined Pemphredoninae
Astata bakeri Park.
Astata bicolor Say
Astata boops (Schr.)
Astata leuthstromi Ashm.
Astata nevadica Cress.
Astata nubecula Cress.
Astata occidentalis Cress.
Astata unicolor Say
Astata spp.
Diploplectron peglowi (Kromb.)
Diploplectron vierecki Pate.
Dryudella caerula (Cress.)
Dryudella rhimpa Park.
Dryudella stigma (Panz.)
Dryudella tricolor (V. d. L.)
Dryudella spp.
Undetermined Astatinae
Ancistromma distincta (Sm.)
Ancistromma spp.
Bothynothstethus distinctus Fox
Gastrosericus waltlii (Spin.)
Larra analis Fab.
Larra anathema (Ross.)
Larropsis discreta (Fox)
Larropsis divisa (Patt.)
Larropsis uniformis Boh.
Liris argentatus (Beauv.)
Liris beatus (Cam.)
Liris liparus K. & G.
Liris luctuosus (Sm.)
Liris mexicanus K. & G.
Liris nigra (Fab.)
Liris nigricans (Wlk.)
Liris panamensis (Cam.)
Liris mescalero (Pate)
Liris spp.
Lyroda subita (Say)
Miscophus americanus Fox.
Miscophus spurius (Dahl.)
Miscophus spp.
Nitela spinolai Valk.
Nitela townesorum Kromb.
Nitela virginiensis Roh.
Pison agile (Smith)
Pison spp.
Pison spinolae Shuck.
Pison spp.
Plenoculus davisi Fox.
Plenoculus propinquus Fox
Solierella inermis (Cress.)
Solierella major (Roh.)
Solierella plenoculoides (Fox)
Tachysphex acutus (Patton)
Tachysphex aequalis Fox
Tachysphex aethiops (Cr.)
Tachysphex alpestris Roh.
Tachysphex antennatus Fox
Tachysphex apicalis Fox
Tachysphex ashmeadii Fox.
Tachysphex belfragei (Cress.)
Tachysphex coquilletti Roh.
Tachysphex costai (Destef.)
Tachysphex erythropus (Spin.)
Tachysphex glabrior Will.
Tachysphex huchiti Pul.
Tachysphex hurdi Boh.
Tachysphex incertus (Rad.)
Tachysphex lamellatus Pul.
Tachysphex menkei Pul.
Tachysphex mundus Fox.
Tachysphex nigerrimus (F. Smith)
Tachysphex nitidus (Spin.)
Tachysphex obscuripennis (Schenck.)
Tachysphex panzeri (V.d.L.)
Tachysphex pechumani Kromb.
Tachysphex pompiliformis (Panz)
Tachysphex propinquus Vier.
Tachysphex pseudopanzeri Beaum.
Tachysphex punctifrons Fox
Tachysphex scopaeus Pul.
Tachysphex semirufus (Cress.)
Tachysphex similimus Roh.
Tachysphex tarsatus (Say)
Tachysphex terminatus (F. Smith)
Tachysphex texanus (Cr.)
Tachysphex verticalis Pul.
Tachysphex yolo Pul.
Tachysphex yuma Pul.
Tachytes abdominalis Say
Tachytes amazonus F. Smith
Tachytes aurulentus (Fab.)
Tachytes chrysopyga (Spin.)
Tachytes crassus Patt.
Tachytes distinctus Smith
Tachytes freygessneri Kohl.
Tachytes fulviventris Cr.
Tachytes intermedius Vier.
Tachytes pepticus (Say)
Tachytes sayi Banks
Tachytes spatulatus Fox
Tachytes validus Cress.
Tachytes spp.
Trypoxylon aestivale Rich.
Trypoxylon attenuatum Smith
Trypoxylon arizonense Fox
Trypoxylon bidentatum Fox
Trypoxylon californicum Sauss.
Trypoxylon carinatum Say
Trypoxylon clavatum Say
Trypoxylon clavatum johannis (Rich.)
Trypoxylon collinum Sm.
Trypoxylon collinum rubrocinctum (Pack.)
Trypoxylon clavicerum L. & S.
Trypoxylon frigidum Smith
Trypoxylon figulus (L.)
Trypoxylon johnsoni Fox
Trypoxylon lactitarse Sauss.
Trypoxylon mexicanum (Sauss.)
Trypoxylon nitidum Sm.
Trypoxylon pennsylvanicum Sauss.
Trypoxylon politum Say
Trypoxylon richardsi Sand.
Trypoxylon rogenhoferi Kohl.
Trypoxylon spinosum Sauss.
Trypoxylon sausseri Roh.
Trypoxylon texense Sauss.
Trypoxylon tridentatum Pack.
Trypoxylon spp.
Undetermined Larrinae
Anacrabro ocellatus Pack.
Belomicrus spp.
Clypeadon utahensis (Baker)
Crabro advena Sm.
Crabro argusinus Boh.
Crabro costaricensis (Cam.)
Crabro cribrarius (L.)
Crabro cribellifer (Pack.)
Crabro florissantensis Roh.
Crabro hilaris F. Sm.
Crabro latipes F. Sm.
Crabro pallidus Fox
Crabro peltarius (Schreb.)
Crabro pleuralis Fox
Crabro scutellatus (Schev.)
Crabro tenuiglossa Pack.
Crabro tenuis Fox
Crabro thyreophorus Kohl
Crabro spp.
Crossocerus ambiguus (Dahlb.)
Crossocerus annulipes (Lep. & Brulle)
Crossocerus capitosus (Shuck.)
Crossocerus cetratus (Shuck.)
Crossocerus cinctipes (Prov.)
Crossocerus cinxius (Dahlb.)
Crossocerus dimidiatus (Fab.)
Crossocerus distinguendus Mor.
Crossocerus elongatulus (V. d. L.)
Crossocerus exiguus (V. d. L.)
Crossocerus harringtonii (Fox)
Crossocerus leucostoma (L.)
Crossocerus leucostomoides (Rich.)
Crossocerus maculiclyepus Fox
Crossocerus maculipennis F. Smith
Crossocerus megacephalus (Rossi)
Crossocerus nigricornis (Prov.)
Crossocerus nitidiventris (Fox.)
Crossocerus ovalis Lep. & Brulle
Crossocerus palmipes Lep. & Brulle
Crossocerus planipes (Fox)
Crossocerus podagricus (V. d. L.)
Crossocerus pusillus Lep. & Brulle
Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Fab.)
Crossocerus sulcus (Fox)
Crossocerus tarsatus Shuck.
Crossocerus tarsalis (Fox)
Crossocerus wesmaeli (V. d. L.)
Crossocerus wickhamii (Ashm.)
Crossocerus wesmaeli (V. d. L.)
Crossocerus vagabundus (Panz.)
Crossocerus spp.
Ectemnius arcuatus (Say)
Ectemnius atriceps (Cress.)
Ectemnius basiflavus (Br.)
Ectemnius carinatus (Smith)
Ectemnius cephalotes (Oliv.)
Ectemnius continuus (Fab.)
Ectemnius decemmaculatus (Say)
Ectemnius dilectus (Cress.)
Ectemnius dives (L. & B.)
Ectemnius excavatus (Fox)
Ectemnius hector (Cam.)
Ectemnius lapidarius (Panz.)
Ectemnius lituratus (Pz.)
Ectemnius maculosus (Gm.)
Ectemnius ruficornis (Zett.)
Ectemnius rufifemur (Pack.)
Ectemnius rufipes (L. & B.)
Ectemnius scaber (L. & B.)
Ectemnius sexcinctus (F.)
Ectemnius stirpicola (Pack)
Ectemnius trifasciatus (Say)
Ectemnius spp.
Enchemicrum spp.
Entomognathus brevis (V.d.L.)
Entomognathus spp.
Eupiloides leontopolites Pate
Huavea spp.
Lestica confluenta (Say)
Lestica clypeata (Schreb.)
Lestica producticollis (Pack.)
Lestica subterranea (Fab.)
Lestica spp.
Lindenius albilabris (F.)
Lindenius columbianus (Kohl)
Lindenius ibericus (Kohl.)
Lindenius panzeri (V.d.L.)
Lindenius pygmaeus (Rossi)
Lindenius spp.
Oxybelus argentatus Curtis
Oxybelus bipunctatus Oliv.
Oxybelus californicus B. & S.
Oxybelus decorosus (Mick.)
Oxybelus emarginatus Say
Oxybelus inornatus (Rbt.)
Oxybelus laetus fulvipes
Oxybelus major Mick.
Oxybelus mucronatus (Fab.)
Oxybelus niger Rbt.
Oxybelus parvus Cress.
Oxybelus subcornutus Cock.
Oxybelus subulatus Rbt.
Oxybelus uniglumus (L.)
Oxybelus spp.
Podagritus burnsi LeClerq
Podagritus cora (Cam.)
Podagritus erythropus Br.
Podagritus swalei (LeClerq)
Rhopalum clavipes (Linn.)
Rhopalum coarctatum (Scop.)
Rhopalum ocidentale (W. Fox)
Rhopalum pedicellatum Pack.
Rhopalum rufigaster Pack.
Rhopalum spp.
Undetermined Crabroninae
Alysson conicus Prov.
Alysson guidnari Prov.
Alysson melleus Say
Alysson oppositus Say
Alysson spinosus (Fab.)
Alysson triangulifer Prov.
Ammatomus coarctatus (Spin.)
Argogorytes carbonarius (F. Smith)
Argogorytes mystaceus (L.)
Argogorytes spp.
Bembecinus hirtulus (F. Smith)
Bembecinus nanus nanus (Hand.)
Bembecinus nanus floridanus Kromb.
Bembecinus quinquespinosus (Say)
Bembecinus spp.
Bembix americana antilleana E. & M.
Bembix americana spinolae Lep.
Bembix amoena Hand.
Bembix cinerea Hand.
Bembix flavescens Sm.
Bembix flaviventris F. Sm.
Bembix lamellata Hand.
Bembix multipicta F. Sm.
Bembix nubilipennis Cress.
Bembix oculata Panz.
Bembix rostrata (L.)
Bembix texana Cress.
Bembix tridens (F.)
Bembix troglodytes Hand.
Bembix zonata Klug.
Bembix pallidipicta F. Sm.
Bembix sayi Cress.
Bembix spp.
Bicyrtes capnoptera (Hand.)
Bembix fodiens (Hand.)
Bembix insidiatrix (Hand.)
Bembix quadrifasciata (Say)
Bicyrtes variegata (Oliv.)
Bicyrtes ventralis (Say)
Bicyrtes viduata (Hand.)
Didineis spp.
Epinysson basilaris tuberculatis (Hand.)
Glenostictia bifurcata (Fox)
Glenostictia clypeata (Gill.)
Glenostictia megacera (Parker)
Glenostictia pictifrons (Sm.)
Glenostictia scitula (Fox)
Gorytes atricornis Pack.
Gorytes caniculatus Pack.
Gorytes deceptor Kromb.
Gorytes laticinctus (Lep.)
Gorytes quinquecinctus (F.)
Gorytes simillimus Sm.
Gorytes spp.
Hoplisoides costalis Cr.
Hoplisoides denticulatus (Pack.)
Hoplisoides hamatus Handl.
Hoplisoides placidus nebulosus (Pack.)
Hoplisoides spilopterus (Hand.)
Mellinus arvensis (L.)
Mellinus bimaculatus Pack.
Mellinus spp.
Microbembex aurata Parker
Microbembex hirsuta Parker
Microbembex monodonta (Say)
Microbembex spp.
Nysson daecki Vier.
Nysson gagates Brad.
Nysson lateralis Pack.
Nysson spinosus (Forst.)
Nysson spp.
Ochleroptera bipunctata (Say)
Pseudoplisus phaleratus (Say)
Pseudoplisus smithii floridanus (Fox)
Pseudoplisus venustus (Cr.)
Pseudoplisus spp.
Rubrica surinamensis DeG.
Specius grandis (Say)
Specius spheciosus (Drury)
Steniola duplicata Prov.
Steniola obliqua Cress.
Steniola spp.
Stictia carolina (Fab.)
Stictia heros (Fab.)
Stictia maculata (Fab.)
Stictia signata (L.)
Stictia spp.
Stictiella emarginata (Cr.)
Stictiella serrata (Hand.)
Stictiella pulchella (Cress.)
Stictiella spp.
Stizoides unicinctus (Say)
Stizus brevipennis Walsh
Synnervus plagiatus (Cr.)
Tanyoprymnus moneduloides (Pack.)
Zanysson texanus (Cress.)
Zanysson plesius (Rob.)
Undetermined Nyssoninae
Aphilanthops frigidus (F. Smith)
Aphilanthops hispidus Fox
Cerceris acanthophila Ckll.
Cerceris arelate Bks.
Cerceris arenaria (L.)
Cerceris argia Mick.
Cerceris astarte Bks.
Cerceris atlacomulca Scull.
Cerceris atramontensis Bks.
Cerceris bicornuta Guer.
Cerceris blakei Cr.
Cerceris californica Cress.
Cerceris circularis (F.)
Cerceris clypeata Dahlb.
Cerceris cochisi Scull.
Cerceris compacta Cress.
Cerceris compar Cam.
Cerceris convergens V. &. C.
Cerceris crotenella V. & C.
Cerceris crandalli Scull.
Cerceris dentifrons Cr.
Cerceris deserta Say
Cerceris dispar Dahlb.
Cerceris echo Mick.
Cerceris fimbriata Rossei
Cerceris finitima Cr.
Cerceris flavofasciata Scull.
Cerceris frontata Say
Cerceris fumipennis Say
Cerceris gandarae Roh.
Cerceris grisselli Fer.
Cerceris halone Bks.
Cerceris insolita Cr.
Cerceris jucunda Cr.
Cerceris kennicottii Cr.
Cerceris lunata Costa
Cerceris mexicana Sauss.
Cerceris militaris Dahlb.
Cerceris mimica Cr.
Cerceris morata Cr.
Cerceris nigrescens F. Sm.
Cerceris occipitomaculata Pack.
Cerceris parkeri Scull.
Cerceris quadricincta (Panz.)
Cerceris wuadrifasciata (Panz.)
Cerceris quinquefasciata (Rossi)
Cerceris robertsonii Fox
Cerceris rohweri Fer.
Cerceris rubida (Jur.)
Cerceris rufinoda Gr.
Cerceris rybyensis (L.)
Cerceris sabulosa Panz.
Cerceris semipetiolata Sauss.
Cerceris sextoides Banks
Cerceris simulans Sauss.
Cerceris truncata Cam.
Cerceris verticalis Sm.
Cerceris spp.
Clypeadon evansi Boh.
Clypeadon laticinctus (Cr.)
Clypeadon taurulus (Ckll.)
Clypeadon spp.
Eucerceris angulata Roh.
Eucerceris arenaria Scull.
Eucerceris canaliculata (Say)
Eucerceris lacunosa Scull.
Eucerceris montana Cr.
Eucerceris rubripes Cr.
Eucerceris superba Cr.
Eucerceris triciliata Scull.
Eucerceris tricolor Ckll.
Eucerceris vittatifrons Cr.
Eucerceris zonata (Say)
Philanthus albopilosus Cr.
Philanthus barbatus F. Sm.
Philanthus bilunatus Cress.
Philanthus coarctatus Spin.
Philanthus crabriformis Sm.
Philanthus gibbosus (Fab.)
Philanthus lepidus Cress.
Philanthus multimaculatus Cam.
Philanthus politus Say
Philanthus psyche Dunn.
Philanthus sanbornii (Cr.)
Philanthus serrulate Dunn
Philanthus solivagus Say
Philanthus tarsatus Smith
Philanthus triangulum (F.)
Philanthus ventilabris Fab.
Philanthus zebratus Cress.
Philanthus spp.
Trachypus denticollis Spin.
Trachypus spp.
Undetermined Philanthinae
Undetermined Sphecidae-- many drawers