| Authorship | Varela-Hernández et al., 2022: 1210 |
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| Type name | Type-species: †Schismiscapus exstinctum (misspelling of †Schismiscapus exstinctus), by original designation. |
| Etymology | The genus name derives from the Greek word schismi-, which means cleft, plus the term -scapus, the first long segment of the antenna. The name alludes to a distinctive deep cleft at the base of the scape. |
| †Schismiscapus | Genus | Valid |