Genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884

Archiulus Berlese, 1886: 84, preoccupied.

Schizophyllum Verhoeff, 1895: 361 .

Mesoiulus Verhoeff, 1893a: 480, preoccupied.

Palaioiulus Verhoeff, 1894: 150 .

(See Hoffman (1980): 113 for a full list of subgenera/synonyms).

A genus of Julidae characterized by:

Lack of frontal setae.

Lack of a flagellum on the anterior gonopod.

Posterior gonopods consisting of a free mesomerite, a solenomerite, a strongly developed coxa with an often elaborate paracoxal process.

Solenomerite at base with a large, roundish, open fovea for storage of spermatozoa.