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Negreum bentonis (Bates, 1883)
Male adult
Sannô Pass, Nikkô-shi, Tochigi Prefecture, 5.IX.2016, T. Kurihara leg. Image from Morita, 2023
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Negreum toyoshimai Morita, 2023 Holotype
Male adult
Mt.Sanpôiwa-dake, 13.VII.2022, K. Toyoshima leg. Image from Morita, 2023
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Lebia (Poecilothais) kurosai Arai & Morita, 2019
Male adult
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Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) griseus (Panzer, 1796)
Male adult

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Trigonothops (Diabaticus) australis (Erichson, 1842)
Male adult
9.8 mm
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Yinaphaenops guilinensis Li, Liu & Huang, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
cave Guizai Dong, Lingchuan, Guilin, Guangxi, China, 26-IV-2024, leg. Sun-Bin Huang, Ming-Zhi Zhao, Ran Li & Rong Chen (SCAU). Image from Li, Liu & Huang, 2024
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Amphimenes (Amphimenes) femoralis Fedorenko, 2019 Holotype
Female adult
(ZMMU) ‘N[orthern]-Vietnam, 40 km W of Cao Bang, Phia Oac Mt., 22°36'25''N/ 105°52'08''E, h~1650–1700 m, deciduous forest, 3–11.X.2018, leg.D.Fedorenko’.
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Amphimenes (Amphimenes) konplongensis Fedorenko, 2019 Holotype
Male adult
(ZMMU) labelled: ‘Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong Distr[ict]., 14°45'N/ 108°18'10''E, env. ngock Boc I Mt., h =1200–1300 m, 8–23.IV.2015, D.Fedorenko leg.’.
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Amphimenes (Amphimenes) tonkinensis Fedorenko, 2019 Holotype
Female adult
(ZMMU): ‘N-Vietnam, 40 km WNW of Lao Cai, env. Y Ty, Bat Xat N[ational]P[ark], 22°36'02''N/ 103°37'13''E, h=2200 m, 4–14.VI.2019, leg. D.Fedorenko’.
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Amphimenes (Amphimenes) basipunctatus Fedorenko, 2019 Holotype
Male adult
(ZMMU): ‘Vietnam, Kon Tum Prov[ince]., Chu Mom Ray National Park, 14°30'N/ 107°42'30''E, ngock To Lum mt., h=1100–1350 m 28.III–4.IV.2015, D.Fedorenko leg.’.
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Amphimenes (Amphimenes) acutipennis Fedorenko, 2019 Paratype
Male adult
Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong Distr[ict]., 14°45'N/ 108°18210''E, env. ngock Boc I Mt., h=1200–1300 m, 8–23.IV.2015, D.Fedorenko leg.
Copyright © Dmitri Fedorenko

Dromoceryx flavocircumdatus Mateu, 1984
Male adult
India, Tamil Nadu, D Vilupparam, Auroville Discipline village, 1.viii-30.ix.2018 (Erfurt Museum). det. Anichtchenko A. 2024
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Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) flaviguttatus W.S. Macleay, 1825
Female adult
Philippines, Mindanao, Wao, 12.2016 (DUBC)
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Neocollyris (Neocollyris) brevipronotalis (Horn, 1929)
Male adult
Vietnam, Northeast Region, Yên Bái Province, v-2023
Copyright © Peter Schüle

New Taxa added

Species nigritus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species rugicollis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species minutissimus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species punctipennis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species platypennis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species napieri Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species opacipennis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species baliensis Baehr, 2014 (Pentagonica, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) IDS
Species dichroa Sloane, 1903 (Pentagonica, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species novairlandica Baehr, 2014 (Pentagonica, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) IDS (Papua), Melanesia (Papua New Guinea)

Species polita Baehr, 2014 (Pentagonica, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) MLS
Species reticulata Baehr, 2014 (Pentagonica, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) MLS
Species vixreticulata Baehr, 2011 (Pentagonica, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) Melanesia (Papua New Guinea)
Species sexfoveatus Macleay, 1888 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species longior Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species ovipennis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Tasmania)
Species major Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species tricostatus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species reidi Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Tasmania)
Species nigripes Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species laticollis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species bifoveatus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species chalcopterus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species convexior Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species corpulentus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species crenulatus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species depressifrons Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species frontalis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species impressus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species laevicollis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species basipunctatus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species aequus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species mediosulcatus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Subspecies occidentalis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Subspecies sexpunctatus (Newman, 1842) sensu stricto (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Tasmania)
Species sexpunctus (Newman, 1842) (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species nigricornis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Tasmania)
Subspecies ovalis Baehr, 2010 sensu stricto (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Lord Howe Island)
Subspecies pyramidis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Lord Howe Island)
Species moffatti Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species monteithi Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species cyanofoveatus Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species assimilis Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species frater Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST
Species donabaueri Baehr, 2010 (Scopodes, Odacanthini, Lebiinae) AST (Tasmania)
Species guilinensis Li, Liu & Huang, 2024 (Yinaphaenops, Trechini, Trechinae) CH (Guangxi)
Genus Yinaphaenops Li, Liu & Huang, 2024 (Trechini, Trechinae)
Species laevistriatus Fedorenko, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) VTN
Species pseudolesticoides Fedorenko, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) VTN
Species tamdaoensis Fedorenko, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) VTN
Species makarovi Fedorenko, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) VTN
Species matalini Fedorenko, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Fujian), VTN
Species luoxiaoensis Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Hunan)
Species deliquus Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Fujian)
Species fujianensis Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Fujian)
Species separatus Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Anhui; Fujian; Zhejiang)
Species shan Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Guangdong)
Species sinuosus Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Guangxi; Hunan)
Species skanda Yin, Chen & Shi, 2024 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Zhejiang)
Species bousqueti Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Sichuan)
Species magrinii Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Sichuan; Shaanxi)
Species dilaticollis Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Yunnan)
Species jani Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Chongqing)
Species davidi Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Sichuan)
Species wrasei Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Sichuan)
Subspecies exilis sensu stricto (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Shaanxi)
Subspecies pauli Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Henan)
Subspecies major Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Sichuan; Shaanxi)
Subspecies megacephalus Sciaky, 2024 (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Hubei)
Subspecies vignai sensu stricto (Stomis, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) CH (Gansu; Sichuan)
Subspecies roperi Baehr, 2009 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Subspecies thouzeti sensu stricto (Zuphium, Zuphiini, Dryptinae) AST
Subspecies minus Baehr, 1986 (Zuphium, Zuphiini, Dryptinae) AST
Subspecies australe sensu stricto (Zuphium, Zuphiini, Dryptinae) AST
Subspecies incertum Baehr, 1986 (Zuphium, Zuphiini, Dryptinae) AST
Subspecies millstreameanum Baehr, 1986 (Zuphium, Zuphiini, Dryptinae) AST
Subspecies pilosa Baehr, 1997 (Pseudomorpha, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Subspecies orientalis Baehr, 1997 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Subspecies striatus Baehr, 1997 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae)
Species seriepunctatus Baehr, 1997 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species barrancoi Ortuño, 2024 (Gadorthomus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) SP
Genus Gadorthomus Ortuño, 2024 (Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
Species changbaiensis Zhu & Shi, 2024 (Peiyuia, Sphodrini, Platyninae) CH (Jilin)
Genus Peiyuia Zhu & Shi, 2024 (Sphodrini, Platyninae)
Species rufozonatus Baehr, 1997 sensu stricto (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species semirufus Bates 1882 (Selenophorus, Harpalini, Harpalinae) USA (Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Texas), MEX (Guanajuato)
Species minutus Baehr, 2008 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species moffatti Baehr, 2016 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species parrotti Baehr, 2007 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species penelopeae Baehr, 1997 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species pilbarae Baehr, 2008 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species basalis Baehr, 2008 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species exactor Darlington, 1968 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) Melanesia (Papua New Guinea)
Species frater Baehr, 2009 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species jacobsoni Ritsema, 1909 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) IDS (Java)
Species leviusculus Baehr, 2016 (Adelotopus, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) AST
Species unita Darlington, 1968 (Sphallomorpha, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) Melanesia (Papua New Guinea)
Species proxima Baehr, 1992 (Sphallomorpha, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae)
Species novaeguineae Baehr, 1992 (Sphallomorpha, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) Melanesia (Papua New Guinea)
Species dupla Darlington, 1968 (Sphallomorpha, Pseudomorphini, Pseudomorphinae) Melanesia (Papua New Guinea)

More taxa

Many thanks to all subscribers of the site!

Published: 28 June 2024 10:050 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Imagine that you opened a restaurant, and for some reason all your friends decided that now you can always eat there and drink expensive wines for free. At the same time, you would be happy to treat your friends for free, but your business is so bad that the income is barely enough to pay for electricity.

Many thanks to all subscribers of the site! It is only thanks to you that it still exists.

Welcome to Carabidae of the World project

Published: 15 April 2024 21:590 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Welcome to Carabidae of the World project htttp://carabidae.org it is a constantly updated taxonomic database with about 100 international contributors and participants, more 20.000 high resolution images of more then 15000 species of ground beetles for around the world!

Maximum likelihood phylogenetic hypothesis for the placement of tiger beetles within Carabidae

Published: 20 July 2023 23:462 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Circular cladogram representing the maximum likelihood phylogeny inferred in IQ-TREE using the Comp_DT dataset comprising nine gene fragments and about 11kb of molecular data. The branch lengths have been modified to ease the visualization of relationships
between subfamilies within Carabidae (image from H. Gough, 2020) Maximum likelihood phylogenetic hypothesis for the placement of tiger beetles within Carabidae

Maximum likelihood phylogenetic hypothesis for the placement of tiger beetles within Carabidae

Good Buy year of Tiger and happy new year of Rabbit!

Published: 23 December 2022 20:440 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Contributors and Visitors! I wish you Merry X-mas and happy new year of the Rabbit 2023!
Sincerely, Alexander
Good Buy year of Tiger and happy new year of Rabbit!

Good Buy year of Tiger and happy new year of Rabbit!

STOP RUSSIZM! STOP WAR!

Published: 21 September 2022 00:00Category: Our news0 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

STOP RUSSIZM! STOP WAR!

Happy New Year of the Tiger!

Published: 23 December 2021 22:210 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Contributors and Visitors! I wish you Merry X-mas and happy new year of the Tiger 2022!
Sincerely, Alexander
Happy New Year of the Tiger!

Coléoptères as example of profanation of science

Published: 23 May 2021 20:47Category: Our news1 commentPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein
TARRIER (M.), 2021. – Nouvelles sous-espèces de France et d’Espagne du genre Carabus L., 1758 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)- Paru le 29 juin 2021 - Issued on June 29, 2021
Summary
Descriptions of nineteen new subspecies in the genus Carabus L., 1758, from
France and Spain: Carabus (Ctenocarabus) melancholicus tietarensis n. subsp., C.
(Oreocarabus) guadarramus hirschfelderi n. subsp., C. (Oreocarabus) guadarramus
sagranus n. subsp., C. (Mesocarabus) lusitanicus problematicoides n. subsp., C. (s. str.)
deyrollei neoreductus n. subsp., C. (Archicarabus) pseudomonticola hispanicola n. subsp.,
C. (Archicarabus) nemoralis litigiosus n. subsp., C. (Archicarabus) nemoralis
montisdiniensis n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) solieri devillei n. subsp., C.
(Chrysocarabus) solieri strobinoi n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) solieri teillonensis n.
subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) solieri axiomorphus n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) solieri piezus n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) solieri dujardini n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus)
solieri rouyricus n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) lateralis subsalmantinus n. subsp., C.
(Chrysocarabus) lateralis sanabriensis n. subsp., C. (Chrysocarabus) lateralis opulentior
n. subsp., C. (Macrothorax) rugosus baeticoides n. subsp.

Stop describing fake species!

Published: 16 May 2021 10:310 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Stop describing fake species!
Under each stone does not live another species new to science.
If you follow the logic of some "specialists", then Homo sapiens can be divided into several species, and dogs into several genera.

Happy New Year of the Bull!

Published: 23 December 2020 17:43Category: Our news1 commentPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Contributors and Visitors! I wish you Merry X-mas and happy new year 2021!
Sincerely, Alexander
Happy New Year of the Bull!

Lost in Determination

Published: 13 November 2020 03:29Category: Site News0 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Taxonomy in 21st Century: Hobby or Business?

Published: 12 February 2020 16:41Category: Site News0 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Recently was published excellent paper of Fominykh, Zamotajlov, Khomitskiy & Titarenko, 2020 "Contribution to the knowledge of Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli Mannerheim, 1830 in the Caucasus, with description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Carabini)", "dedicated to study of variability of species Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli", although, in fact, the sole purpose of the work was to describe new taxa in order to sell their Paratypes.
But, this work perfectly proves that there are no differences between the previously described subspecies, as well as the newly described ones. New synonymy in the species Carabus (Lipaster) stjernvalli proposed here 12.2.2020 by A. Anichtchenko

Happy New Year of the Rat!

Published: 25 December 2019 03:02Category: Our news0 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Who know this species from N India?

Published: 01 November 2019 20:242 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

Coleoptera for exchange

Published: 02 August 2019 16:53Category: Our news2 commentsPublished by: Alexander Anichtchenko

I'm looking for Cicindelinae (especially Nearctic and Australian), Cychrini (Nearctic and from China) and Carabus from China. Quality of material is not important. For exchange I can offer huge quantity of material of Coleoptera worldwide, of all families except Carabidae. For detales please contact Alexander Anichtchenko beetl2000(*)mail.ru