| Type name | Silphodes gambiensis Westwood, 1846 |
| Type | Lectotype |
| Museum | Hope Department of Entomology, Oxford University Museum of Natural History | Correct name | Phaeochrous gambiensis (Westwood, 1846) |
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| Collection | J. Tebbs Esq. |
| Country | Africa |
| Comments | Paralectotype : 1F |