Subfamily Ammophilinae

• Genus Ammophila Kirby, 1798

  • Ammophila argyrocephala Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

  • Ammophila barbarorum Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

  • Ammophila bechuana (R.Turner, 1929) (Botswana)

  • Ammophila beniniensis beniniensis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1806) (Algeria, Central African Republic, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

    • Ammophila beniniensis imerinae de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

    • Ammophila beniniensis tomentosa (Arnold, 1920) (Namibia)

  • Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania)

  • Ammophila braunsi (R.Turner, 1919) (South Africa)

  • Ammophila calva (Arnold, 1920) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

  • Ammophila caprella Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

  • Ammophila conifera (Arnold, 1920) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

  • Ammophila crassifemoralis (R.Turner, 1919) (Uganda)

  • Ammophila dolichocephala Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

  • Ammophila dolichodera Kohl, 1884 (South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier, 1845 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo) 

  • Ammophila gracillima Taschenberg, 1869 (Algeria, China, Ethiopia, Libya, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Russia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara)

  • Ammophila insignis insignis F.Smith, 1856 (Ethiopia, Gambia, Mozambique, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe)

    • Ammophila insignis litoralis (Arnold, 1920) (South Africa)

  • Ammophila kalaharica (Arnold, 1935) (Namibia, South Africa)

  • Ammophila laticeps (Arnold, 1928) (Namibia)

  • Ammophila obscura Bischoff, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Ammophila peringueyi (Arnold, 1928) (South Africa)

  • Ammophila punctaticeps (Arnold, 1920) (South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

  • Ammophila rubiginosa Lepeletier, 1845 (South Africa)

  • Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839 (Angola, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Spain, Sudan)

  • Ammophila saussurei (du Buysson, 1897) (South Africa)

  • Ammophila vulcania du Buysson, 1897 (Ethiopia, South Africa)

  • Ammophila wahlbergi Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa)

• Genus Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 1869

  • Parapsammophila consobrina (Arnold, 1928) (South Africa)

  • Parapsammophila errabunda (Kohl, 1901) (Ethiopia, Somalia)

  • Parapsammophila herero (Arnold, 1928) (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)

  • Parapsammophila ludovicus (F.Smith, 1956) (Angola, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Parapsammophila ponderosa (Gerstaecker, 1871) (Kenya, Tanzania)

  • Parapsammophila testaceipes (R.Turner, 1918) (Tanzania)

  • Parapsammophila unguicularis (Kohl, 1901) (Mozambique)

• Genus Podalonia Fernald, 1927

  • Podalonia canescens canescens (Dahlbom, 1843) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen)

    • Podalonia canescens madecassa (Kohl, 1909) (Aldabra Islands, Madagascar)

Subfamily Chloriontinae

• Genus Chlorion Latreille, 1802

  • Chlorion ciliatum (Fabricius, 1787) (South Africa)

  • Chlorion funereum Gribodo, 1879 (Ethiopia)

  • Chlorion maxillosum maxillosum (Poiret, 1787) (Ethiopia, Libya, Somalia)

    • Chlorion maxillosum ciliatum (Fabricius, 1787) (Angola, Guinea, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Chlorion splendidum Fabricius, 1804 (Burma, Ethiopia, India, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia)

Subfamily Sceliphrinae

• Tribe Sceliphrini Ashmead, 1899

  • Genus Chalybion Dahlbom, 1843

    • Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom, 1845) (Hawaii, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Socotra, South Africa)

    • Chalybion bocandei bocandei Hensen, 1988 (Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierre Leone)

      • Chalybion bocandei aeronitens Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalybion bonneti Leclercq, 1966 (Madagascar)

    • Chalybion clypeatum (Fairmaire, 1858) (Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mozambique, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Chalybion clypeatum lusingi (Leclercq, 1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Chalybion clypeatum kiloensis (Leclercq, 1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalybion fuscum (Lepeletier, 1845) (Madagascar, Sri Lanka)

    • Chalybion gredleri (Kohl, 1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalybion japonicum (Gribodo, 1880) (China, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand)

    • Chalybion kenyae Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)

    • Chalybion laevigatum (Kohl, 1888) (Botswana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar)

    • Chalybion madecassum (Gribodo, 1883) (Madagascar, Seychelles Islands)

    • Chalybion mochii Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)

    • Chalybion parvulum Hensen, 1988 (Kenya)

    • Chalybion planatum (Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)

    • Chalybion ruficorne Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic)

    • Chalybion schulthessirechbergi (Kohl, 1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalybion sommereni (R.Turner, 1920) (Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalybion spinolae spinolae (Lepeletier, 1845) (Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Chalybion spinolae rufopictum Magretti, 1884 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali)

      • Chalybion spinolae saussurei (Kohl, 1918) (South Africa)

    • Chalybion tibiale (Fabricius, 1781) (South Africa)

    • Chalybion triangulum Hensen, 1988 (Central African Republic, Gambia, Togo)

  • Genus Sceliphron Klug, 1801

    • Sceliphron fistularium (Dahlbom, 1843) (Brazil, Colombia, Panama, South Africa)

    • Sceliphron fossuliferum fossuliferum (Gribodo, 1895) (Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sceliphron fossuliferum complex Kohl, 1918 (Gabon, Tanzania)

      • Sceliphron fossuliferum voeltzkowii Kohl, 1909 (Angola, Kenya, Tanzania)

    • Sceliphron fuscum Klug, 1801 (Madagascar, New Caledonia)

    • Sceliphron leptogaster Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

    • Sceliphron quartinae (Gribodo, 1884) (Angola, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

    • Sceliphron spirifex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Toscana, Turkey, Uganda)

Subfamily Sphecinae

• Tribe: Prionychini Bohart and Menke, 1963

  • Genus Prionyx Van der Linden, 1827

    • Prionyx crudelis F.Smith, 1856 (Arabia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Somalia, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan)

    • Prionyx funebris (Berland, 1926) (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa)

    • Prionyx indus (Linneaus, 1758) (Angola, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

    • Prionyx kirbii kirbii (Vander Linden, 1827) (Austria, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Dalmatia, Ethiopia, France, Greece,  Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Prionyx kirbii marginatus (F.Smith, 1856) (Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Prionyx subfuscatus albovillosulus Giordani Soika, 1942 (Somalia)

      • Prionyx subfuscatus rhodesianum (Arnold, 1936) (Zimbabwe)

      • Prionyx subfuscatus rukwaensis (Arnold, 1959) (Tanzania)

      • Prionyx sundewalli (Dahlbom, 1845) (South Africa)

• Tribe Sphecini Latreille, 1802

  • Genus Isodontia Patton, 1880

    • Isodontia leonina (de Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar)

    • Isodontia longiventris (de Saussure, 1867) (Guinea, Tanzania)

    • Isodontia pelopoeiformis (Dahlbom, 1845) (Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Isodontia simoni du Buysson, 1898 (Ethiopia, South Africa)

    • Isodontia stanleyi (Kohl, 1890) (South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Genus Sphex Linnaeus, 1758

    • Sphex abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928) (Ethiopia)

    • Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787 (Australia, China, Djibouti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, New Guinea, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Taiwan, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Sphex bohemanni Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa, Tanzania)

    • Sphex caeruleanus Drury, 1773 (Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Sphex castaneipes Dahlbom, 1843 (South Africa)

    • Sphex decipiens decipiens Kohl, 1895 (South Africa)

      • Sphex decipiens meridionalis (Arnold, 1947) (Zambia)

    • Sphex fumicatus fumicatus Christ, 1791 (Argentinia, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Turkey, Yemen)

      • Sphex fumicatus voeltzkowii Kohl, 1909 (Madagascar)

    • Sphex gaullei Berland, 1927 (Congo, Ethiopia)

    • Sphex haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781 (Angola, Cameroon, China, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

      • Sphex haemorrhoidalis kobrowi (Arnold, 1928) (South Africa)

      • Sphex haemorrhoidalis umtalicus Strand, 1916 (Zimbabwe)

    • Sphex incomptus incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871 (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Sphex incomptus anonymus Leclercq, 1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)

    • Sphex jansei Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

    • Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883 (Central African Republic, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

    • Sphex malagassus de Saussure, 1890 (Madagascar)

    • Sphex mochii Giordani Soika, 1942 (Ethiopia)

    • Sphex neavei (Arnold, 1928) (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

    • Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895 (Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

    • Sphex observabilis (R.Turner, 1918) (Uganda)

    • Sphex rufiscutis (R.Turner, 1918) (Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia)

    • Sphex satanas Kohl, 1898 (Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

    • Sphex schoutedeni Kohl, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Sphex stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895 (South Africa)

      • Sphex stadelmanni integer (Arnold, 1928) (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

    • Sphex tomentosus (Fabricius, 1787) (Angola, Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia,  Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Sphex torridus F.Smith, 1873 (Madagascar)