Scaptodactyla Burmeister, 1875 . Bol. Acad. Nac. Sci. Cordoba 1: 500. Male, female.

Gender. Feminine.

Type species. Scaptodactyla heterogama Burmeister, 1875 (male, female; lectotype male), by monotypy.

Taxonomic history. Reduced to subgeneric status (in Mutilla Linnaeus, 1758) by Dalla Torre, 1897: 5. Junior subjective synonym of Ephuta Say, 1836 according to André, 1902c: 51. Resurrected to generic status by Ashmead, 1903: 306. Valid generic name.

Sex association. The type species was described from both sexes by Burmeister, 1875: 500.

Distribution. Neotropical.