Genus Scolopocryptops Newport, 1844

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

Diagnosis. The most recent one is provided by Schileyko et al. 2020: 10.

Range. China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Sunda Archipelago, New Guinea, Fiji, West Africa, North, Central and South America, Caribbean islands.

Remarks. The new general list of Scolopocryptops ’ species is presented in Appendix 1; the comparative morphological data for the main part of East Asian species are summarized in Appendix 5.