Progonochaetus planicollis (Putzeys, 1880)

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Lunda Norte, Malanje; 2) Huambo.

Material examined. Alto Hama (12° 13´20´´ S, 15° 32´57´´ E, 1512 m alt., 232) (HUAMBO), 31.X.‒ 2. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Caála (12° 51´11´´ S, 15° 33´07´´ E, 1758 m alt., 256) (HUAMBO), 3. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 1♀, 4. XI.2015, 2 ♂, 6♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species originally described from Angola (Putzeys 1880), but with a wide distribution throughout Africa south of Sahara (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, D. R. of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Botswana, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenia, Tanzania, Mozambique) (Serrano 1999b, Anichtchenko 2016, Insectoid.info 2017). Adults were collected in activity during night on ground and walls near public lights together with other ground beetles (see N. picina and P. incrassatus remarks). It is a new record for the Huambo Province.