Genus Mecynorhina Hope, 1837

The genus was revised by Holm (1993b) and more recently by De Palma & Frantz (2010). There is some controversy on the species belonging to this genus or to Megalorhina Westwood, 1847 (e.g. see Krajcik 2008a; De Palma & Frantz 2010; Beinhundner 2014b). On the other hand, Megalorhina as well as Amaurodes Westwood, 1844 are sometimes treated under the genus level (e.g. Krajcik 2008a) or under the subgenus level within Mecynorhina (De Palma & Frantz 2010; Beinhundner 2014b). The genus Mecynorhinella was established by Marais & Holm (1992), but Beinhundner (2017a) treated it under the subgenus level in Mecynorhina genus. Here we follow the last criterion. There are four species/subspecies recorded for Angola (Paulino de Oliveira 1882; Ferreira 1965). One subspecies is recorded for the first time for this country.