Genus Scotocryptus Girard

Scotocryptus Girard, 1874: 123 (also cv). Type species: Scotocryptus meliponae Girard (orig. des.).

= Scotocryptus Girard, 1875 (1874): 574. Type species: Scotocryptus meliponae Girard (orig. des.).

= Apharia Reitter, 1881: 87 (in footnote), 1884: 91 syn. (not stated as taxonomic change). Type species: Apharia melitophila Reitter (monotypy).

Distribution: Neotropical.

Biology: Eyeless and flightless, in meliponine bee nests. The adults probably disperse to new bee nests by phoresy on the bees (Roubik & Wheeler, 1982).