| Type name | Phaeochrous zombensis Schouteden, 1918 |
| Type | Holotype |
| Museum | Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale de Tervueren | Correct name | Phaeochrous mashunus mashunus Arrow, 1909 |
| Sex | |
| Collector | Dr F. Rendall |
| Collection date | X/XII-95 |
| Region | [Nyassaland] |
| Locality | Zomba, Upper Shire R. |
| Altitude | 3000ft |