Genus Ellipes Scudder, 1902

Ellipes Scudder, 1902: 309; Günther 1977: 47.

Type species

Tridactylus minutus Scudder, 1862 (= Ellipes minuta), by original monotypy.

Etymology: From the Greek Ελλιπες, meaning ‘incomplete’, a reference to the reduced hind tarsus in members of the genus.