Genus Scabrotettix Hancock, 1907

Scabrotettix Hancock, 1907a: 46 (original description of the genus with new combinations and descriptions of several new species, a key to the species). — Bolivar 1909: 401 (description of Scabrotettix biolleyi, misspelled as “ Scabritettix ”). — Kirby 1910: 27 ( S. acutilobus designated as the type species). — Günther 1939: 251 (detailed diagnosis of the genus). — Paris 1993: 233 (catalogued). — Yin et al. 1996: 907 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 62 (catalogued). — Buzzetti & Devriese 2007: 49 (catalogued). — Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona Granda 2015: 479 (catalogued).

TYPE SPECIES. — Scabrotettix acutilobus Hancock, 1907, designated by Kirby (1910).

COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — Five species, two subspecies. Only S. biolleyi Bolívar, 1909 is known to occur in Central America.