Phonotaenia Kraatz, 1880

Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A., Nunes, Telmo & Santos, Carmen Van-Dú- Nem Neto, 2020, The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes, Zootaxa 4776 (1), pp. 1-130 : 37

Genus Phonotaenia Kraatz, 1880

There is some controversy on this genus. Krikken (1984) synonimized it with Polybaphes Kirby, 1827 , but it was re-established by Antoine & Legrand (2005) and then revised by Antoine (2005a). However, Polybaphes Holm & Marais, 1992 became available, having Cetonia aequinoctialis Olivier, 1789 as type species. Polybaphes is still kept valid by Krajcik (2008a) catalogue, but Beinhundner (2017a) and Schoolmeesters (2018) follow the criterion of Antoine (2005a), including C. aequinoctialis in the genus Phonotaenia . The genus has 17 species ( Beinhundner 2017a) of which three were previously recorded for Angola ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882; Antoine 2005a; Antoine & Legrand 2005).