Omalus timidus (Nurse, 1902)

(Figs 15 A–15F)

Ellampus timidus Nurse, 1902: 305 . Lectotype ♂ designated by Kimsey 1986: 107; Pakistan: Peshin (NHMUK). Bingham 1908: 347 (Assam).

Omalus (Philoctetes) timidus: Jonathan et al. 1977: 85 (India: Delhi).

Omalus timidus: Rosa et al. 2015c: 68 (key), 73 (descr.), 74 (diagn., fig. 4).

Distribution. India (Assam; Delhi). Palaearctic: Pakistan (Rosa et al. 2015c). Oriental: China (Guandong) (Rosa et al. 2014).

Remarks. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) transferred Ellampus timidus in the genus Holophris Mocsáry, 1890 . Rosa et al. (2015c) transferred this species in the genus Omalus Panzer, 1801 . du Buysson (in Nurse 1904) synonymised Omalus timidus with Pseudomalus hypocrita (du Buysson, 1893) . However, based on type specimens, these two species belong to separate genera.