Comprende las siguientes especies:^[2]​

• Progonochaetus aeruginosus (Dejean, 1829)
• Progonochaetus angolanus (Basilewsky, 1946)
• Progonochaetus approximatus (H.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 (P?Ringuey, 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 (Laferte-Senectere, 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 straneoi (Basilewsky, 1949)
• Progonochaetus subcupreus (Chaudoir, 1876)
• Progonochaetus vagans (Dejean, 1831)
• Progonochaetus voltae (Basilewsky, 1948)
• Progonochaetus xanthopus (Dejean, 1829)

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Carabidae of the World Archivado el 3 de octubre de 2018 en Wayback Machine.