type species not designated, Rhaphonotum has no standing in nomenclature. Jeekel states:
Rhaphonotum was recently validated by Loomis, 1968, through designation of the type-species: Rhaphonotum tuberculosum Attems, 1951.
P., Sierwald: Attems, 1951 remains the author of the genus Rhaphonotum.