Phaedimus Waterhouse, 1841,

as Mycteristes (Phaedimus) (not Phaedimus Agassiz, 1846, nor Phaedimus Crotch, 1873)

[13 species and 2 additional subspecies].

Type species Mycteristes (Phaedimus) cumingii Waterhouse, 1841, by monotypy.

Status revised to Phaedimus by Burmeister (1842).