title: Progonochaetus
text: # Progonochaetus
  
  Progonochaetus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Progonochaetus, found mostly in Africa, but also in Asia, Madagascar, and the island of Reunion.
  
  ## Species
  
  These 51 species belong to the genus Progonochaetus:
  
  * Progonochaetus aeruginosus (Dejean, 1829)
  * Progonochaetus angolanus (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus approximatus (Kolbe, 1897)
  * Progonochaetus arnoldi (Basilewsky, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus atrofuscus (Fairmaire, 1869)
  * Progonochaetus atroviridis (Fairmaire, 1869)
  * Progonochaetus bamboutensis (Basilewsky, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus basilewskyi Noonan, 1973
  * Progonochaetus bicoloripes (Burgeon, 1936)
  * Progonochaetus brittoni (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus caffer (Boheman, 1848)
  * Progonochaetus chevalieri (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus cookei (Basilewsky, 1953)
  * Progonochaetus cursorius (Dejean, 1831)
  * Progonochaetus decorsei (Basilewsky, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus dilatatus (Klug, 1853)
  * Progonochaetus discrepans (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus eburneus (Basilewsky, 1950)
  * Progonochaetus gabonicus (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus inchoatus (Péringuey, 1908)
  * Progonochaetus incrassatus (Boheman, 1848)
  * Progonochaetus indicus Kataev, 2002
  * Progonochaetus jeanneli (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus jocquei Facchini, 2005
  * Progonochaetus kafakumbae (Basilewsky, 1949)
  * Progonochaetus kapangae (Burgeon, 1936)
  * Progonochaetus laeticolor (Chaudoir, 1876)
  * Progonochaetus laevistriatus (Sturm, 1818)
  * Progonochaetus limbatus (Quedenfeldt, 1883)
  * Progonochaetus merus (Basilewsky, 1949)
  * Progonochaetus moestus (Chaudoir, 1878)
  * Progonochaetus nigricrus (Dejean, 1829)
  * Progonochaetus obscuripes (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1853)
  * Progonochaetus obtusus (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus ochropus (Dejean, 1829)
  * Progonochaetus piceus (Dejean, 1829)
  * Progonochaetus planicollis (Putzeys, 1880)
  * Progonochaetus prolixus (Basilewsky, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus pseudochropus (Kuntzen, 1919)
  * Progonochaetus punctibasis Facchini, 2003
  * Progonochaetus rudebecki (Basilewsky, 1946)
  * Progonochaetus sakalava (Jeannel, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus sciakyi Facchini, 2003
  * Progonochaetus seyrigi (Jeannel, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus similis Facchini, 2016
  * Progonochaetus straneoi (Basilewsky, 1949)
  * Progonochaetus subcupreus (Chaudoir, 1876)
  * Progonochaetus unicolor Facchini, 2016
  * Progonochaetus vagans (Dejean, 1831)
  * Progonochaetus voltae (Basilewsky, 1948)
  * Progonochaetus xanthopus (Dejean, 1829)
  