Typhloiulus Latzel, 1884 s . s.

= Haploprotopus Verhoeff, 1899: 195 . Type species: Julus ganglbaueri, Verhoeff, 1898, by monotypy. = Smeringolophus Attems, 1959: 385 . Type species: Typhloiulus albanicus Attems, 1929, by original designation. = Xestotyphloiulus Verhoeff, 1899: 195 . Type species: Iulus (recte: Julus) psilonotus Latzel, 1884, by monotypy. Comment. The gonopods of the only species of the subgenus Haploprotopus, T. ganglbaueri, show a conformation typical of Typhloiulus s. str. Verhoeff (1899) had stated the unmodified leg-pair he observed in 3 topotypic males as the only definitive character of the subgenus, but Strasser (1962) found it unsatisfactory. As concerns Smeringolophus and Xestotyphloiulus, their only species, T. albanicus and T. psilonotus, respectively, are undoubtful representatives of Typhloiulus s. str. Thus, these two former subgenera are here considered as junior subjective synonyms of the latter.