Scarites is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie van de loopkevers (Carabidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1775 door Fabricius.

Soorten 
Het geslacht Scarites omvat de volgende soorten:
 Scarites abbreviatus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites aberrans Banninger, 1941
 Scarites acutidens Chaudoir, 1855
 Scarites aestuans Klug, 1853
 Scarites afghanus Jedlicka, 1967
 Scarites angulifrons Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites angustesulcatus Baehr, 2002
 Scarites angustus (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites anomalus Andrewes, 1930
 Scarites anthracinus Dejean, 1831
 Scarites aterrimus A. Morawitz, 1863
 Scarites atronitens Fairmaire, 1887
 Scarites baenningeri Emden, 1932
 Scarites barbarus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites basiplicatus Heyden, 1884
 Scarites batesi Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites beesoni (Andrewes, 1929)
 Scarites bengalensis Dejean, 1826
 Scarites biangulatus Fairmaire, 1898
 Scarites birmanicus (Bates, 1892)
 Scarites bokalensis Banninger, 1932
 Scarites bonariensis (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites bottegoi Banninger, 1937
 Scarites boucardi Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites bruchi Banninger, 1932
 Scarites bucida Pallas, 1776
 Scarites buparius Forster, 1771
 Scarites carinatus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites cayennensis Dejean, 1825
 Scarites ceylonicus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites colossus Csiki, 1927
 Scarites comoricus Alluaud, 1932
 Scarites convexipennis Fairmaire, 1868
 Scarites convexiusculus (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites corbetti Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites cormoides Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites corvinus Dejean, 1831
 Scarites costipennis Peringuey, 1896
 Scarites crassus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites cubanus (Banninger, 1937)
 Scarites cultripalpis Quedenfeldt, 1883
 Scarites cycloderus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites cyclops Crotch, 1871
 Scarites cylindriformis Banninger, 1933
 Scarites cylindronotus Faldermann, 1836
 Scarites defletus Banninger, 1933
 Scarites denticulatus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites deplanatus (Banninger, 1937)
 Scarites derogatus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites discoidalis Banninger, 1938
 Scarites distinguendus Chaudoir, 1855
 Scarites doguereaui Gory, 1833
 Scarites dubiosus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites dubius Banninger, 1941
 Scarites dyschromus Chaudoir, 1855
 Scarites ecuadorensis Banninger, 1941
 Scarites edentatus Banninger, 1932
 Scarites emarginatus Herbst, 1806
 Scarites epaphius Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites estriatus Fairmaire, 1887
 Scarites exaratus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites excavatus Kirby, 1818
 Scarites fairmairei Banninger, 1933
 Scarites fatuus Karsch, 1881
 Scarites feanus Banninger, 1937
 Scarites ferus Banninger, 1933
 Scarites fletcheri Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites furcatus Banninger, 1941
 Scarites granulatus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites gratus (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites guerini (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites guineensis Dejean, 1831
 Scarites heterogrammus Perty, 1830
 Scarites holcocranius (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites hypsipus Alluaud, 1917
 Scarites illustris Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites impressus Fabricius, 1801
 Scarites inaequalis Fairmaire, 1893
 Scarites inconspicuus Chaudoir, 1855
 Scarites indus Olivier, 1795
 Scarites interpositus (Banninger, 1933)
 Scarites kabakovi Dostal, 1997
 Scarites klapperichi Banninger, 1956
 Scarites laevigatus Fabricius, 1792
 Scarites lebasii (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites limitaneus Andrewes, 1932
 Scarites linearis Boheman, 1848
 Scarites liopterus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites liostracus Alluaud, 1930
 Scarites lissopterus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites lomaensis Basilewsky, 1972
 Scarites longiusculus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites lubricipennis Minowa, 1932
 Scarites lucidus (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites lunicollis Banninger, 1933
 Scarites madagascariensis Dejean, 1831
 Scarites malangensis Quedenfeldt, 1883
 Scarites mandarinus Banninger, 1928
 Scarites mandibularis Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites mandli Jedlicka, 1963
 Scarites marinus Nichols, 1986
 Scarites mayumbensis Banninger, 1933
 Scarites melanarius Dejean, 1831
 Scarites meridionalis Banninger, 1941
 Scarites migiurtinus G.Muller, 1944
 Scarites minowai Habu, 1947
 Scarites modestus (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites multisetosus Banninger, 1941
 Scarites natalensis Boheman, 1848
 Scarites nigrita Boheman, 1848
 Scarites nitens Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites nitidiceps Baehr, 2002
 Scarites nitidulus Klug, 1862
 Scarites oberthueri Banninger, 1938
 Scarites obliteratus Banninger, 1941
 Scarites ocalensis Nichols, 1986
 Scarites orthomus Chaudoir, 1855
 Scarites paraguayensis Banninger, 1928
 Scarites parallelus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites passaloides Quedenfeldt, 1883
 Scarites patroclus Murray, 1857
 Scarites patruelis Leconte, 1845
 Scarites perplexus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites pinguis Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites planatus Dejean, 1831
 Scarites planiusculus (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites politus Bonelli, 1813
 Scarites polyphemus Herbst, 1806
 Scarites praedator Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites procerus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites productus Banninger, 1933
 Scarites pronotalis Banninger, 1941
 Scarites punctum Wiedemann, 1823
 Scarites quadratus Fabricius, 1801
 Scarites quadriceps Chaudoir, 1843
 Scarites quadricostis Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites quadripunctatus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites raptor Andrewes, 1932
 Scarites reductus Banninger, 1933
 Scarites reichei (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites retusus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites richteri Chaudoir, 1847
 Scarites rugatus (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites rugiceps Wiedemann, 1823
 Scarites rugicollis Dejean, 1825
 Scarites rugosus Wiedemann, 1821
 Scarites salinus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites saxicola Bonelli, 1813
 Scarites scaevus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites schubarti Banninger, 1939
 Scarites selene Schmidt-Gobel, 1846
 Scarites semicircularis W.S. MacLeay, 1825
 Scarites senegalensis Dejean, 1825
 Scarites seriepunctatus (Banninger, 1933)
 Scarites setosus Banninger, 1941
 Scarites sexualis Banninger, 1938
 Scarites silvestris Castelnau, 1835
 Scarites similis Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites simogonus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites spectabilis (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites stenodes Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites stenops Bousquet & Skelley, 2010
 Scarites striatus Dejean, 1825
 Scarites strigifrons Baehr, 2002
 Scarites stygicus (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites subcostatus (Chaudoir, 1880)
 Scarites subcylindricus Chaudoir, 1843
 Scarites subnitens Chaudoir, 1855
 Scarites subpatroclus Basilewsky, 1972
 Scarites subrugatus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites subsulcatus Dejean, 1831
 Scarites subterraneus Fabricius, 1775
 Scarites sulcatus Olivier, 1795
 Scarites sulciceps (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites sulcifrons (Chaudoir, 1855)
 Scarites tauropus Andrewes, 1929
 Scarites tenebricosus Dejean, 1831
 Scarites terricola Bonelli, 1813
 Scarites texanus Chaudoir, 1880
 Scarites thiemei (Banninger, 1933)
 Scarites timorensis Banninger, 1949
 Scarites trachydermon Andrewes, 1936
 Scarites turkestanicus Heyden, 1884
 Scarites unicus Minowa, 1932
 Scarites urbanus Minowa, 1932
 Scarites vilcanotanus (Banninger, 1932)
 Scarites vilhenai (Basilewsky, 1955)
 Scarites wittei (Banninger, 1933)
 Scarites zambo Steinheil, 1875
 Scarites zikani Banninger, 1941