Scaptopoda Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878 . El Natur. Argent. 1: 211. Female (probably not Mutillidae).

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Scaptopoda pusilla Lynch Arribálzaga, 1878 (female), by original designation.

Taxonomic history. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758) by Dalla Torre, 1897: 5. Questionably junior subjective synonym of Ephuta Say, 1836 according to André, 1902c: 51. Regarded as a nomen dubium by Quintero & Cambra, 2001b: 292. Subjectively invalid name.

Sex association. The male has not been recognized.

Distribution. Neotropical.