Subtribe Scopaeina Mulsant & Rey, 1878c
0894. Euscopaeus Sharp, 1886: 548
Type species: Euscopaeus crassitarsis Sharp, 1886
3 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.
Characters/Description: Coiffait 1960b: 284 (characters in key).
Distribution.
Central America: Guatemala, Panama.
0895. Micranops Cameron, 1913: 350
Type species: Micranops brunneus Cameron, 1913
Microscopaeus Coiffait, 1981a: 19 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]
Type species: Scopaeus microphthalmus Eppelsheim, 1888
Nivorus Herman, 1965a: 119 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]
Type species: Orus cameroni Blackwelder, 1943
6 species are included in this genus from the West Indies and South America.
Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (characters in key); Frisch et al. 2002: 28 (characters).
Key: Herman 1965a: 120 (species of Nivorus); Herman 1965b: 86 (species of Nivorus).
Distribution.
West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Grenada.
South America: Suriname, Brazil, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian.
0896. Orus Casey, 1885b: 136 (Fig. 166)
Type species: Orus punctatus Casey, 1885
Subgenera:
Leucorus Casey, 1905: 192 [*]
Type species: Leucorus rubens Casey, 1905
Orus Casey, 1885b: 136
Type species: Orus punctatus Casey, 1884
Pycnorus Casey, 1905: 194
Type species: Scopaeus dentiger LeConte, 1880
1 species is included in this genus from Central America.
Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 277 (characters); Herman 1965b: 74 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 268 (characters in key); Frisch et al. 2002: 28 (characters).
Key: Blackwelder 1939: 98 (subgenera); Blackwelder 1943: 277 (species of the West Indies as Orus); Herman 1965a: 113 (subgenera), 114 (species of the subgenus Leucorus); Herman 1965b: 74 (species of the subgenera Orus and Pycnorus).
Distribution.
Central America: Guatemala.
Other regions: Nearctic.
0897. Scopaeomerus Sharp, 1886: 538
Type species: Scopaeomerus chiriquensis Sharp, 1886
5 species are known from and are restricted to Central America.
Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key).
Distribution.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.
0898. Scopaeus Erichson, 1839a: 29
Type species: Paederus laevigatus Gyllenhal, 1827
Alloscopaeus Coiffait, 1968: 414 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]
Type species: Scopaeus didymus Erichson, 1840
Anomoscopaeus Coiffait, 1968: 426 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]
Type species: Xantholinus gracilis Sperk, 1835
Euscopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 285 [synonymized by Coiffait 1968: 414]
Type species: Scopaeus didymus Erichson, 1840
Geoscopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 284 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]
Type species: Scopaeus baudrimonti Coiffait, 1952
Heteroscopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 285 [synonymized by Coiffait 1968: 418]
Type species: Scopaeus sericans Mulsant & Rey, 1855
Hyposcopaeus Coiffait, 1960b: 285 [synonymized by Frisch et al. 2002: 46]
Type species: Scopaeus scitulus Baudi di Selve, 1857
Stilpon Coiffait, 1952: 6 [synonymized by Coiffait 1960b: 284]
Type species: Scopaeus baudrimonti Coiffait, 1952
Subgenera:
Asiascopaeus Coiffait, 1984: 176
Type species: Scopaeus asiaticus Bernhauer, 1915
Hyperscopaeus Coiffait, 1984: 174
Type species: Scopaeus spathiferus Coiffait, 1970
Scopaeodera Casey, 1886b: 220 [*]
Type species: Echiaster nitidus LeConte, 1863
Scopaeoma Casey, 1905: 211
Type species: Scopaeus rotundiceps Casey, 1886
Scopaeopsis Casey, 1905: 214 [*]
Type species: Echiaster opacus LeConte, 1863
Scopaeus Erichson, 1839a: 29, 604 [*]
Type species: Paederus laevigatus Gyllenhal, 1827
Leptorus Casey, 1886b: 220 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 105]
Type species: Scopaeus exiguus Erichson, 1840
Polyodontus Solier, 1849: 310 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 105]
Type species: Polyodontus angustatus Solier, 1849
Pseudorus Casey, 1910b: 190 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1939: 105]
Type species: Pseudorus prolixipennis Casey, 1910
Scoponeus Motschulsky, 1858d: 641 [synonymized by Kraatz 1862b: 61]
Type species: Scoponeus testaceus Motschulsky, 1858
Typhloscopaeus Jarrige, 1951: 333
Type species: Scopaeus pauliani Jarrige, 1951
62 species are included in this genus from Latin America.
Characters/Description: Erichson 1840: 604 (characters); Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 245 (characters); Blackwelder 1939: 100 (characters in key); Blackwelder 1943: 230 (characters in key), 279 (characters); Coiffait 1960b: 284 (characters in key as Geoscopaeus), 284 (characters in key of Scopaeus); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 380 (characters in key), 389 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 267 (characters in key); Frisch et al. 2002: 28 (characters); Newton & Peck 2006: 148 (characters in key).
Key: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 246 (species of Buenos Aires province, Argentina); Blackwelder 1939: 100 (subgenera); Blackwelder 1943: 280 (species of the West Indies); Coiffait & Sáiz 1968: 389 (Chilean species).
Distribution.
West Indies: Cuba, Cayman Is., Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isl., Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina.
Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.