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- Species wittmeri (Morvan, 1978) (Laemostenus, Sphodrini, Platyninae)
IND (West Bengal)
- Species artemisioides Rapuzzi, 2023 (Carabus, Carabini, Carabinae)
VTN
- Species tenuicostatus Rapuzzi, 2023 (Carabus, Carabini, Carabinae)
VTN
- Subspecies filippovi Rapuzzi, 2023 (Carabus, Carabini, Carabinae)
MG
- Subspecies morvani (Morvan, 1976) (Carabus, Carabini, Carabinae)
IN
- Subgenus INCERTAE SEDIS (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Species subphaedrus (Basilewsky, 1946) (Notiobia, Anisodactylini, Harpalinae) NAM
- Species calciatii Della Beffa, 1931: 176 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae) IND (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Species lecontei Casey, 1914 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
USA
- Species seclusus Casey, 1914 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
USA
- Species furtivus LeConte, 1865 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
USA
- Species reitteri Wrase & Kataev, 2011 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae) BU , CR, GR, ME
- Species murzini Kataev, 2008 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae) IN
- Subgenus Loxophonus Reitter, 1894 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Mauriharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Caloharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Baryharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Heteroharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Idioharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Artabas Gozis, 1882 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Smirnovia Lutshnik, 1922 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Pachyharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Proteonus Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Paraharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Harpalophonus Ganglbauer, 1892 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Cephalotypsis Tschitschérine, 1901 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Platus Motschulsky, 1844 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Megapangus Casey, 1914 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Afroharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Hyloharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Sinoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Macroharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Meroharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Ameroharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Drymoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Epiharpalus Reitter, 1900 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Caucasoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Calathoderus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Licinoderus Sainte-Claire Deville, 1905 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Amblystus Motchulsky, 1864 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Actephilus Stephens, 1833 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Isoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Euharpalops Casey, 1924 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Haploharpalus Schauberger, 1926 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Acardystus Reitter, 1908 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Psammoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Ooistus Motschulsky, 1864 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Platyharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Asioharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Anamblystus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Homaloharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Bactroharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Diaharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Harpalobius Reitter, 1900 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Nephoharpalus Huang, Lei, Yan et Hu, 1996 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Pheuginus Motschulsky, 1844 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Mesoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Eremoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Oreoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Hypsoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Anophonus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Haloharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Megaharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Aristoharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Cycloharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Euryharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Pharalus Casey, 1914 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Hypsinephus Bates, 1878 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Brachyharpalus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Brachypangus Tschitschérine, 1898 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Subgenus Hemipangus Kataev, 2023 (Harpalus, Harpalini, Harpalinae)
- Species namahage Sasakawa & Mitsuduka, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) JA (Honshu)
- Species kamurosanus Sasakawa & Mitsuduka, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) JA (Honshu)
- Species atsumidakensis Sasakawa & Mitsuduka, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) JA (Honshu)
- Species sediorcrus Sasakawa & Kim, 2006 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
SC
- Species masatakayoshidai N.Ito, 2010 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) JA
- Species noboruitoi Shiiba, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) JA (Shikoku)
- Species pseudohigonis Shiiba, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae) JA (Shikoku)
- Species beni Naitô, 2023 (Epaphiopsis, Trechini, Trechinae) NP
- Species unidentata Naitô, 2023 (Epaphiopsis, Trechini, Trechinae) VTN
- Subgenus Shunichiepaphius Naitô, 2023 (Epaphiopsis, Trechini, Trechinae)
- Species alsea LaBonte, 2023 (Medusapyga, Bembidiini, Trechinae)
USA (Oregon)
- Species hehalis LaBonte, 2023 (Medusapyga, Bembidiini, Trechinae)
USA (Washington)
- Genus Medusapyga LaBonte & Maddison, 2023 (Bembidiini, Trechinae)
- Species pemphis Yin, Zhu & Shi, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
CH (Sichuan)
- Species jialini Yin, Zhu & Shi, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
CH (Sichuan)
- Species condylus Yin, Zhu & Shi, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
CH (Sichuan)
- Species liyuani Yin, Zhu & Shi, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
CH (Sichuan)
- Species leo Yin, Zhu & Shi, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
CH (Sichuan)
- Species orbicollis Yin, Zhu & Shi, 2023 (Pterostichus, Pterostichini, Pterostichinae)
CH (Sichuan)
- Subspecies baiensis Deuve & Kabak, 2013 (Carabus, Carabini, Carabinae)
CH (Xinjiang)
- Species subtilis Chou, Chu, Lau, & Huang, 2022 (Cylindera, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
Taiwan
- Species miroklichai Moravec, Dheurle & Wiesner, 2023 (Cicindela, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
TAI
- Subspecies delicata sensu stricto (Polyrhanis, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae) IDS (Papua)
- Subspecies angustiformis (W. Horn, 1913) (Polyrhanis, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
IDS
- Species masbateensis Wiesner & Anichtchenko, 2023 (Prothyma, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
PLP (Masbate)
- Species miltonmedinai Wiesner & Anichtchenko, 2023 (Prothyma, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
PLP (Marinduque)
- Species johnsoni Wiesner & Anichtchenko, 2023 (Prothyma, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
PLP (Mindanao)
- Subgenus Parasymplecthyma Wiesner & Anichtchenko, 2023 (Prothyma, Cicindelini, Cicindelinae)
- Species bexarensis Sokolov, 2022 (Anillinus, Bembidiini, Trechinae)
USA (Texas)
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)
between subfamilies within Carabidae (image from H. Gough, 2020)

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

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

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.
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!
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.
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.
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Contributors and Visitors! I wish you Merry X-mas and happy new year 2021!
Sincerely, Alexander
Sincerely, Alexander

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
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
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