Phaylomerinthus Schoenherr, 1842

Phaylomerinthus Schoenherr, 1842: 190 (original description).

Phaylomerinthus: Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal 1999: 153 (catalogue); Borovec & Skuhrovec 2017a: 528 (type examination of type species); Borovec & Skuhrovec 2018a: 72 (type examination of transferred species).

Type species: Phaylomerinthus cinereus Boheman, 1842

Number of species: 10 described species (Borovec & Skuhrovec 2017a, 2018a), the authors are aware of 68 undescribed species in museum collections.

Distribution: South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo); Nami- bia; Zimbabwe; Democratic Republic of Congo; Angola.