Tribe Scaphidiini Latreille, 1806

0703. Scaphidium Olivier, 1790: 20 .1 (Figs. 82–83)

Type species: Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790

Ascaphidium Pic, 1915a: 24 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Ascaphidium sikorai Pic, 1915

Cribroscaphium Pic, 1920: 93 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium irregulare Pic, 1920

Falsoascaphidium Pic, 1923: 16 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium subdepressum Pic, 1921

Hemiscaphium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium striatipenne Gestro, 1879

Hyposcaphidium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium rufopygum Lewis, 1893

Isoscaphidium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium quadriguttatum Say, 1823

Pachyscaphidium Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium arrowi Achard, 1920

Parascaphium Achard, 1923: 97 [synonymized by Löbl 1968: 386]

Type species: Scaphium optabile Lewis, 1893

Scaphidiolum Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium basale Laporte, 1840

Scaphidopsis Achard, 1922: 12 [synonymized by Leschen & Löbl 1995: 453]

Type species: Scaphidium pardale Laporte, 1840

68 species are included in this genus from Central and South America. Characters/Description: Matthews 1888: 159 (characters); Leschen & Löbl 1995: 448 (characters in key), 453 (characters); Hwang & Ahn 2001: 369 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 201 (characters in key); Fierros-Lopéz 2005: 12 (characters). Key: Matthews 1888: 159 (species of Central America); Fierros-Lopéz 2005: 14 (species of Central America). Distribution. Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. South America: Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay. Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascan, Oriental, Oceanic.