| Type name | Phaeochrous confusus Schouteden, 1918 |
| Type | Lectotype |
| Museum | Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale de Tervueren | Correct name | Phaeochrous amplus Arrow, 1909 |
| Sex | |
| Collection | Schouteden (A. Heyne Berlin - Wilm.) |
| Collection date | XI-? |
| Country | Cameroun |
| Locality | Ekok |
| Latitude / Longitude | 4.64875 ; 12.02253
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| Comments | Paralectotypes : 7M 9F |