Platygenia barbata (Afzelius, 1817)

(Figs 27f, g)

Distribution: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, GHA, NIG, RCI, SLN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, LNO, MAL.

Historic records:

—Quilo river (CAB) (Paulino de Oliveira 1882);

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) (Quedenfeldt 1884);

—Dundo (LNO) (Gomes Alves 1973).

Material examined: Quilo River (= Chiloango River Mouth) (05º 11´S, 12º 08´E, sea alt., 5) (CAB), 1♂, 1 ♀, Nº 1882 (blue label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) (LNO), -. III.1949, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 2132, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout West and Central Africa being associated to the palm Elaeis guineensis (Antoine & Camiade 1995; Schoolmeesters 2018). Jerath & Unny (1965) gave a very scanty description of P. barbata larvae. One adult female collected by the first author (AS) in Jemberem (Guinea-Bissau, 13.VII.2009) in a moist primary forest (Cambeque) by LT had several phoretic Pseudoscorpionida. Some ecological data were provided by Antoine & Camiade (1995) and, more recently, Joly (2018) gave novel biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) of this species for Ghana.