Jerarquía taxonómica:
Mutillidae → Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon (Fox, 1899)

Familia:
Mutillidae

Autor:
(Fox, 1899)

Sinónimos:
Mutilla helicaon Fox, 1899
Photopsis lingulatus Viereck, 1903
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) carinata Schuster, 1958
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon subsp. coahuilae Schuster, 1958
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) helicaon subsp. diegueno Schuster, 1958