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

Familia:
Mutillidae

Autor:
(Fox, 1899)

Sinónimos:
Mutilla orestes Fox, 1899
Mutilla pattersonae Melander, 1903
Photopsis indigens Baker, 1905
Photopsis uniformis Baker, 1905
Photopsis pedatus Baker, 1905
Photopsis ingennus Baker, 1905
Photopsis salmani Mickel, 1938
Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) salmani subsp. oregana Schuster, 1958