Editing Sphex (section)

==Species==

[[File:Sphex argentatus fumosus 1.jpg|thumb|''Sphex argentatus'']]
[[File:Sphex funerarius mit Beute.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=2:28|''Sphex funerarius'' with prey]]
The genus ''Sphex'' contains 132 extant species:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pulawski|first=Wojciech|date=11 October 2021|title=Sphex|url=https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/hymenoptera/sphecidae/genera/sphex.pdf|website=[[California Academy of Sciences]]}}</ref>

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*''[[Sphex abyssinicus]]'' <small>(Arnold, 1928)</small>
*''[[Sphex afer]]'' <small>Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845</small>
*''[[Sphex ahasverus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex alacer]]'' <small>Kohl, 1895</small>
*''[[Sphex antennatus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex argentatissimus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex argentatus]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1787</small>
*''[[Sphex argentinus]]'' <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small>
*''[[Sphex ashmeadi]]'' <small>(Fernald, 1906)</small>
*''[[Sphex atropilosus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1885</small>
*''[[Sphex basilicus]]'' <small>(R. Turner, 1915)</small>
*''[[Sphex bilobatus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1895</small>
*''[[Sphex bohemanni]]'' <small>Dahlbom, 1845</small>
*''[[Sphex brachystomus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex brasilianus]]'' <small>Saussure, 1867</small>
*''[[Sphex brevipetiolatus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex caelebs]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex caeruleanus]]'' <small>Drury, 1773</small>
*''[[Sphex caliginosus]]'' <small>Erichson, 1849</small>
*''[[Sphex camposi]]'' <small>Campos, 1922</small>
*''[[Sphex carbonicolor]]'' <small>Van der Vecht, 1973</small>
*''[[Sphex castaneipes]]'' <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
*''[[Sphex cognatus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex confrater]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex corporosus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex cristi]]'' <small>Genaro ''in'' Genaro & Juarrero, 2000</small>
*''[[Sphex cubensis]]'' <small>(Fernald, 1906)</small>
*''[[Sphex darwinensis]]'' <small>R. Turner, 1912</small>
*''[[Sphex decipiens]]'' <small>Kohl, 1895</small>
*''[[Sphex decoratus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1873</small>
*''[[Sphex deplanatus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1895</small>
*''[[Sphex diabolicus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1858</small>
*''[[Sphex dorsalis]]'' <small>Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845</small>
*''[[Sphex dorycus]]'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1838</small>
*''[[Sphex ephippium]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex ermineus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex erythrinus]]'' <small>(Guiglia, 1939)</small>
*''[[Sphex ferrugineipes]]'' <small>W. Fox, 1897</small>
*''[[Sphex finschii]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex flammeus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex flavipennis]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1793</small>
*''[[Sphex flavovestitus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex formosellus]]'' <small>Van der Vecht, 1957</small>
*''[[Sphex fortunatus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex fumicatus]]'' <small>Christ, 1791</small>
*''[[Sphex fumipennis]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex funerarius]]'' <small>Gussakovskij, 1934</small> – golden digger wasp
*''[[Sphex gaullei]]'' <small>Berland, 1927</small>
*''[[Sphex gilberti]]'' <small>R. Turner, 1908</small>
*''[[Sphex gracilis]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex gisteli]]'' <small>Strand, 1916</small>
*''[[Sphex guatemalensis]]'' <small>Cameron, 1888</small>
*''[[Sphex habenus]]'' <small>Say, 1832</small>
*''[[Sphex haemorrhoidalis]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1781</small>
*''[[Sphex ichneumoneus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> – great golden digger wasp
*''[[Sphex imporcatus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex incomptus]]'' <small>Gerstaecker, 1871</small>
*''[[Sphex ingens]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex inusitatus]]'' <small>Yasumatsu, 1935</small>
*''[[Sphex jamaicensis]]'' <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
*''[[Sphex jansei]]'' <small>Cameron, 1910</small>
*''[[Sphex jucundus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex kolthoffi]]'' <small>Gussakovskij, 1938</small>
*''[[Sphex lanatus]]'' <small>Mocsáry, 1883</small>
*''[[Sphex latilobus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex latreillei]]'' <small>Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1831</small>
*''[[Sphex latro]]'' <small>Erichson, 1849</small>
*''[[Sphex leuconotus]]'' <small>Brullé, 1833</small>
*''[[Sphex libycus]]'' <small>Beaumont, 1956</small>
*''[[Sphex lucae]]'' <small>Saussure, 1867</small>
*''[[Sphex luctuosus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex madasummae]]'' <small>Van der Vecht, 1973</small>
*''[[Sphex malagassus]]'' <small>Saussure, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex mandibularis]]'' <small>Cresson, 1869</small>
*''[[Sphex maroccanus]]'' <small>Schmid-Egger, 2019</small>
*''[[Sphex maximiliani]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex melanocnemis]]'' <small>Kohl, 1885</small>
*''[[Sphex melanopus]]'' <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
*''[[Sphex melas]]'' <small>Gussakovskij, 1930</small>
*''[[Sphex mendozanus]]'' <small>Brèthes, 1909</small>
*''[[Sphex mimulus]]'' <small>R. Turner, 1910</small>
*''[[Sphex mochii]]'' <small>Giordani Soika, 1942</small>
*''[[Sphex modestus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex muticus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1885</small>
*''[[Sphex neavei]]'' <small>(Arnold, 1928)</small>
*''[[Sphex neoumbrosus]]'' <small>Jha & Farooqui, 1996</small>
*''[[Sphex nigrohirtus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1895</small>
*''[[Sphex nitidiventris]]'' <small>Spinola, 1851</small>
*''[[Sphex nudus]]'' <small>Fernald, 1903</small> – katydid wasp
*''[[Sphex observabilis]]'' <small>(R. Turner, 1918)</small>
*''[[Sphex opacus]]'' <small>Dahlbom, 1845</small>
*''[[Sphex optimus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex oxianus]]'' <small>Gussakovskij, 1928</small>
*''[[Sphex paulinierii]]'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1843</small>
*''[[Sphex pensylvanicus]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1763</small> – great black wasp
*''[[Sphex permagnus]]'' <small>(Willink, 1951)</small>
*''[[Sphex peruanus]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex praedator]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1858</small>
*''[[Sphex pretiosus]]'' <small>Dörfel and Ohl, 2015</small>
*''[[Sphex prosper]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex pruinosus]]'' <small>Germar, 1817</small>
*''[[Sphex resinipes]]'' <small>(Fernald, 1906)</small>
*''[[Sphex resplendens]]'' <small>Kohl, 1885</small>
*''[[Sphex rex]]'' <small>Hensen, 1991</small>
*''[[Sphex rhodosoma]]'' <small>(R. Turner, 1915)</small>
*''[[Sphex rufinervis]]'' <small>Pérez, 1985</small>
*''[[Sphex rufiscutis]]'' <small>(R. Turner, 1918)</small>
*''[[Sphex rugifer]]'' <small>Kohl, 1890</small>
*''[[Sphex satanas]]'' <small>Kohl, 1898</small>
*''[[Sphex schlaeflei]]'' <small>Schmid-Egger, 2019</small>
*''[[Sphex schoutedeni]]'' <small>Kohl, 1913</small>
*''[[Sphex schrottkyi]]'' <small>(Bertoni, 1918)</small>
*''[[Sphex semifossulatus]]'' <small>Van der Vecht, 1973</small>
*''[[Sphex sericeus]]'' <small>(Fabricius, 1804)</small>
*''[[Sphex servillei]]'' <small>Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845</small>
*''[[Sphex solomon]]'' <small>Hensen, 1991</small>
*''[[Sphex stadelmanni]]'' <small>Kohl, 1895</small>
*''[[Sphex staudingeri]]'' <small>Gribodo, 1894</small>
*''[[Sphex subhyalinus]]'' <small>W. Fox, 1899</small>
*''[[Sphex subtruncatus]]'' <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
*''[[Sphex tanoi]]'' <small>Tsuneki, 1974</small>
*''[[Sphex taschenbergi]]'' <small>Magretti, 1884</small>
*''[[Sphex tepanecus]]'' <small>Saussure, 1867</small>
*''[[Sphex texanus]]'' <small>Cresson, 1873</small>
*''[[Sphex tinctipennis]]'' <small>Cameron, 1888</small>
*''[[Sphex tomentosus]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1787</small>
*''[[Sphex torridus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1873</small>
*''[[Sphex vestitus]]'' <small>F. Smith, 1856</small>
*''[[Sphex walshae]]'' <small>Hensen, 1991</small>
*''[[Sphex wilsoni]]'' <small>Hensen, 1991</small>
*''[[Sphex zubaidiyacus]]'' <small>Augul, 2013</small>
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=== Fossil Species ===

*†''[[Sphex bischoffi]]'' <small>Zeuner, 1931</small>
*†''[[Sphex giganteus]]'' <small>Heer, 1867</small>
*†''[[Sphex obscurus]]'' <small>Statz, 1936</small>