Subgenus Parotostigmus Pocock, 1896

Type species. Branchiostoma scabricauda Humbert & Saussure, 1870 (by subsequent designation of Attems, 1928).

Diagnosis. See Schileyko et al. (2020: 44).

Number of species. About 50 species.

Range. Central and South America, including Caribbean; North-East, East, South and West-Central Tropical Africa.