Seven new species of Spatulaphorus (Acari: Pygmephoridae) are described from female mites phoretic on scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), as follows: Spatulaphorus incisus sp. nov. and S. spinisetus sp. nov. from Brazil on Sulcophanaeus faunus and Dichotomius buqueti, , respectively; S. brevisetosus sp. nov. from the USA on Phanaeus igneus; ; S. longisetosus sp. nov. from the USA on Phanaeus difformis and Ph. vindex; ; S. madagascariensis sp. nov. from Madagascar on Helictopleurus corruscus; ; S. reductus sp. nov. from Argentina on Ataenius picinus, , A. platensis, , and A. clavatus, and Parataenius simulator, , and S. venezuelaensis sp. nov. from Venezuela from Phanaeus prasinus. . Spatulaphorus imbricatipes (Mahunka, 1980) comb. nov. is moved from Pygmephorellus. . A key to the world species of the genus Spatulaphorus is also provided.