Genus Scorpiops Peters, 1861

Scorpiops Peters, 1861: 510; Kraepelin, 1899: 179 (in part); Pocock, 1900: 64 (in part); Vachon, 1980: 143 (in part); Tikader & Bastawade, 1983: 403 (in part); Lourenço, 1998: 246 (in part); Kovařík, 2000: 163 –166 (in part); Fet, 2000: 491 (in part); Soleglad & Sissom, 2001: 93; Kovařík, 2005: 8; Qi, Zhu & Lourenço, 2005: 2.

Type species: Scorpiops hardwickii Gervais,1843

Diagnosis. Trichobothrium Eb3 on the external aspect of pedipalp chela located basally to trichobothrium Dt. Annular ring at vesicle/aculeus juncture absent. Three pairs of lateral eyes. Pedipalp patella with 17–19 external trichobothria. Ventral aspect of patella with 6–18 trichobothria. Chela with 4 trichobothria on the ventral aspect of the manus.