Scotophaeus es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Gnaphosidae. Se encuentra en todos los continentes, excepto en los polos.

Según The World Spider Catalog 12.0: - Scotophaeus aculeatus Simon, 1914 - Scotophaeus affinis Caporiacco, 1949 - Scotophaeus afghanicus Roewer, 1961 - Scotophaeus arboricola Jézéquel, 1965 - Scotophaeus bersebaensis Strand, 1915 - Scotophaeus bharatae Gajbe, 1989 - Scotophaeus bifidus Schmidt & Krause, 1994 - Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) - Scotophaeus brolemanni Simon, 1914 - Scotophaeus cecileae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 - Scotophaeus correntinus Mello-Leitão, 1945 - Scotophaeus crinitus Jézéquel, 1965 - Scotophaeus dispulsus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) - Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader, 1962 - Scotophaeus fabrisae Caporiacco, 1950 - Scotophaeus faisalabadiensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 - Scotophaeus gridellii Caporiacco, 1928 - Scotophaeus hierro Schmidt, 1977 - Scotophaeus hunan Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 - Scotophaeus insularis Berland, 1936 - Scotophaeus invisus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) - Scotophaeus jacksoni Berland, 1936 - Scotophaeus jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 - Scotophaeus kalimpongensis Gajbe, 1992 - Scotophaeus lamperti Strand, 1906 - Scotophaeus lindbergi Roewer, 1961 - Scotophaeus madalasae Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 - Scotophaeus marleyi Tucker, 1923 - Scotophaeus mauckneri Schmidt, 1956 - Scotophaeus merkaricola Strand, 1907 - Scotophaeus meruensis Tullgren, 1910 - Scotophaeus microdon Caporiacco, 1933 - Scotophaeus musculus (Simon, 1878) - Scotophaeus nanoides Wunderlich, 2011 - Scotophaeus nanus Wunderlich, 1995 - Scotophaeus natalensis Lawrence, 1938 - Scotophaeus nigrosegmentatus (Simon, 1895) - Scotophaeus nossibeensis Strand, 1907 - Scotophaeus nyrensis Simon, 1909 - Scotophaeus parvioculis Strand, 1906 - Scotophaeus peninsularis Roewer, 1928 - Scotophaeus poonaensis Tikader, 1982 - Scotophaeus pretiosus (L. Koch, 1873) - Scotophaeus purcelli Tucker, 1923 - Scotophaeus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scotophaeus rajasthanus Tikader, 1966 - Scotophaeus rebellatus (Simon, 1880) - Scotophaeus regularis Tullgren, 1910 - Scotophaeus relegatus Purcell, 1907 - Scotophaeus retusus (Simon, 1878) - Scotophaeus rufescens (Kroneberg, 1875) - Scotophaeus schenkeli Caporiacco, 1949 - Scotophaeus scutulatus (L. Koch, 1866) - Scotophaeus semitectus (Simon, 1886) - Scotophaeus simlaensis Tikader, 1982 - Scotophaeus strandi Caporiacco, 1940 - Scotophaeus tubicola Schmidt, 1990 - Scotophaeus typhlus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 - Scotophaeus validus (Lucas, 1846) - Scotophaeus westringi Simon, 1914 - Scotophaeus xizang Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003