Omineus Lewis, 1895

Hsiao, Yun & Pollock, Darren A., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Omineus Lewis, 1895 in Taiwan, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Mycteridae, Eurypinae), Zootaxa 4568 (3), pp. 533-547 : 534

Genus Omineus Lewis, 1895

Omineus Lewis, 1895: 119 . Type species: Omineus humeralis Lewis 1895 , by monotypy.

Phalysius Champion, 1916: 150 . Type species: Phalysius caeruleus Champion, 1916 , by monotypy.

Pseudothisias Pic, 1930: 23 . Type species: Pseudothisias bicolor Pic, 1930 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis (based on O. humeralis , O. toyoshimai , O. taiwanensis , n. sp. and O. chungae , n. sp.; detailed examination of O. coeruleus and O. bicolor may necessitate adjustment of this diagnosis). Body elongate, mostly dark colored. Antennae short, somewhat clubbed, gradually widened. Pronotum rectangular, with sides somewhat rounded, slightly wider or narrower than head; disc weakly convex, with paired extremely shallow depressions medially and paired small and deep foveae; foveae connected by shallow groove along basal margin. Elytra elongate, moderately widened apically, moderately wider than prothorax. Abdominal ventrite 2 of males with long oval, prominent, setose and mesally gibbose sex patch.