Genus Scolopocryptops Newport, 1844

Type-species. Scolopocryptops melanostoma Newport, 1845 (by subsequent designation by Lucas, 1849).

Remark. The presence of a single (upper) accessory spine on the pretarsus of maxillae 2 has been shown for S. melanostoma (see below); this character was previously unknown in this genus.

Range. North, Central and South America; China; Japan; Korea; Vietnam; Philippines; Sunda Archipelago; New Guinea; West Africa.