| Type name | Phaeochrous elgonensis Schouteden, 1918 |
| Type | Lectotype |
| Museum | Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale de Tervueren | Correct name | Phaeochrous beccarii Harold, 1871 |
| Sex | |
| Collector | Dr Bayer |
| Collection date | IV/V-1914 |
| Country | British east Africa (B.E.A.) |
| Locality | Jonc. Camp-E. Elgon |
| Latitude / Longitude | 1.148 ; 34.585
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| Comments | Pararlectotypes : 4M 6F MRAC ; 1F MNHN |