Hegemus peregrinus (Harold, 1878)

(Figs. 26h, i, 27a)

Distribution: ANG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUA, MAL; 2) HUI.

Historic records:

—“Inneren Guinea ” (Angola, without locality) (Harold 1878 sub Fornasinius peregrinus Har.);

—Pungo Andongo (MAL) (Ferreira 1965);

— Malanje, Pungo Andongo (MAL), Caconda (HUA) (Sakai & Nagai 1998).

Material examined: Angola, 1♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, sub Hegemus peregrinus Har. (white label) and Heliocopris japetus Klub (white label marginated by black line), MZUC; Angola, 1 ♀, nº 1907 (blue label), nº 28 (white label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, sub Goliathus peregrinus Har., MZUC; Tchivinguiro (15º 10´S, 13º 18´E, 1600 m alt., 355) (HUI), 1♀,?. XI.1961, M. Cabral leg., nº 1966, JPCC, MUHNAC.

Remarks. An Angolan endemic species described by Harold (1878) based on specimen(s) from Pungo Andongo (Sakai & Nagai 1998; Krajcik 2008a; Beihnundner 2017a). Di Gennaro (2014b) provided some data on the biology and ecology of this genus namely on the species Hegemus pluto (Raffray, 1880) . It is a new species record for the Huíla Province.