Carabidae image gallery
-
Anthiinae taxon page (27 photos)
Gigadema obscurum Sloane, 1914
Male adult
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane. Image from: Mal, N., Drumont, A., Kerkhof, S. & P. Grootaert, 2012. Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. det. Anichtchenko A. 2020
Copyright ©
Dicranoglossus resplendens (Castelnau, 1867)
Male adult
Australia, Quennsl. Cloncurry, III.1993; 11mm (Collection R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Helluosoma cf. bouchardi Baehr, 2005
Male adult
Australia (coll. R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky
Gigadema nocte (Newman, 1842)
Unsexed
Australia, WA, Lake Gilmore, 32*36'574S 121*33'597 E, 15.4.2003 J.A. Shetterly; 37 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2020
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
-
Brachininae taxon page (1 photos)

-
Broscinae taxon page (25 photos)
Chylnus ater (Putzeys, 1868)
Male adult
Grove, S.J. (2010). Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection web-site
Copyright ©
Acallistus cuprescens (Sloane, 1920) Syntypes
Male adult
Promecoderus cuprescens Sloane, 1920
Copyright © Museums Victoria
Eurylychnus dyschirioides (Castelnau, 1868)
Male adult
Image from Lay Stuart, 2023. Scale 2mm
Copyright © - - -
Eurylychnus femoralis Sloane, 1915
Male adult
Image from Lay Stuart, 2023. Scale 2mm
Copyright © - - -
-
Carabinae taxon page (23 photos)
Pamborus alternans Latreille, 1817
Female adult
Australia, NSW. Kerewong S.F.
21.12.1978
30 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus brisbanensis Castelnau, 1867
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus guerini Gory, 1830
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus opacus Gehin, 1885
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus pradieri darlingtoni Banninger, 1940
Female adult
Australia, N.S.W. New England rng.,
Moonan Flats, 18.12.2000 T.Pollak leg.
21 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus pradieri pradieri Chaudoir, 1869
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus punctatus Darlington, 1961 Paratype Paratype
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus tropicus Darlington, 1961 Paratype Paratype
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pamborus alternans Latreille, 1817
Female adult
Australia, Queenland state, O’reily, Lamington Nat. Park, XII.2017
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov -
Cicindelinae taxon page (59 photos)
Myriochila (Myriochila) semicincta (Brulle, 1834)
Female adult
Australia, NSW., Macquarie Marshes,
Longstowe farm, 15.01.98
female, 11 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Cylindera (Ifasina) discreta discreta s.str.
Female adult
Indonesia, Mentawai Is, Siberut Il, Madoba v. vicinity, S 01*35'47,6'', E 099*05'0,28 K. Kolesnichenko leg.
det. A. Matalin, 2013
8 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895)
Female adult
Western Australia, Inglewood. Image from: Mal, N., Drumont, A., Kerkhof, S. & P. Grootaert, 2012. Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Copyright © - - -
Micromentignatha geberti Wiesner, 2021
Female adult
Australia, N. T., Victoria river, 195 kn SW Katherine, 29.XII.1998 (Coll. R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky
Hypaetha antiqua (Lea, 1917)
Female adult
Australia, WA, Fitzroy River, Hwy 1, Willare bridge, 17*44.02S 123*38.52 E, 3 dec 1997, leg. J.A. Shetterly et al. (cAA) 11.5mm. det. J.A. Shetterly
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) helmsi (Blackburn, 1892)
Male adult
Australia, WA, Canning S. Rt. nr. Well 11, White Lake 470m, 24.44.145S 127.47.491E, 29.3.2005, J.A. Shetterly leg & det. (cAA) 16mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Cylindera (Ifasina) froggatti (W.J.Macleay, 1887)
Male adult
Solomon Islands. det. Anichtchenko A. 2023
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Ctenodactylinae taxon page (3 photos)

-
Dryptinae taxon page (2 photos)
Typhlozuphium longipenne Baehr, 2014 Holotype
Male adult
WA: Mining Area C c. 95 km SE Wittenoom 22°54′34.93′′S 118°56′34.08′′E (WGS 84) 09 November 2013 S.R. Bennett, J.W. Quartermaine (PSB0107R) Trog scrape, 60 m (WAM E88465).
Copyright © Martin Baehr
Acrogenys (Acrogenys) sumlini Baehr, 2001
Male adult
Australia. det. A. Anichtchenko 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Harpalinae taxon page (34 photos)
Harpalus (Harpalus) affinis (Schrank, 1781)
Female adult
RUSSIA, Tver reg., Likhoslavlskiy distr., 900 m to NW from Domanikha village, grassland. H=161 m. N57*13.964’ E035*45.033’ 7-15.VII.2005 leg., det. & photo - Vlasenko A. S. L=10,4 mm
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko
Gnathaphanus pulcher (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Australia N.T., b. Alice Springs airport, 19.V.2000. det. B. Kataev
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Gnathaphanus philippensis (Chevrolat, 1841)
Male adult
Australia N.T., Point Stuart, Wilderness Lodge, 26.V.2002. det. B. Kataev 2010 15mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Hypharpax australis (Dejean, 1829)
Male adult
New Zealand. Image from Kataev, 2021. scale 1mm
Copyright © - - -
Batoscelis oblongus (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
India, Karnataka, Kerwadi, 14.52.49N 74.15.52E, lake, 18-19.4.2013, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. (cAA). 6 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Lebiinae taxon page (241 photos)
Ophionea (Ophionea) indica (Thunberg, 1784)
Male adult
Thailand, 10 km W Han-Kha, N Suphan-Bur V.1991
photo Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Agonocheila curtula (Erichson, 1842)
Male adult
Grove, S.J. (2010). Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection web-site
Copyright © Simon Grove
Trigonothops (Diabaticus) robustus Baehr, 2012 Holotype
Male adult
Edungalba CQ 10.5.44 E. Sutton (QMT169565).
Copyright © Martin Baehr
Trigonothops (Phloeocarabus) semivittatus (W.J.Macleay, 1888)
Female adult
Copyright © Creative Commons
Porocara glabrata Baehr, 1986
Female adult
Australia, WA, Fitzroy riv., Hwy 1, Willare bridge, 17.44.02S 123.38.52E 3.12.1997 J. A. Shetterly leg. (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2022
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Ophionea (Ophionea) cf thouzeti Castelnau, 1867
Male adult
Australia NT, Kakadu NP, Cooinda 25-26.12.96 at light, L.Toledano leg. (RSc). det, Anichtchenko A. 2024
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Myrmecodemus (Myrmecodemus) lucai Baehr, 2005
Male adult
NW Australia, NT, 25km S of Katherine Stuart Hwy, 168m, xii.2010 (cRS)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky
Anomotarus (Anomotarus) stigmula (Chaudoir, 1852)
Female adult
Philippines, Mindanao, Mt. Hamiguitan 410-500m, 19-24.v.2023, Anichtchenko A. leg & det. (cAA)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Licininae taxon page (33 photos)
Omestes torta Andrewes, 1933
Female adult
Indonesia, Papua, Jayapura Reg., Kalibiru Vill., h~40 m 2,51442° S 140,14575° E 11-13.IV.2009 leg. A.Sokolov
L = 13.3 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Hololeius ceylanicus Nietner, 1856
Male adult
China, Yunnan pro., Jinhong
det & photo by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) hamifer Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
China, Guangxi pro., Rong'an, Dajiang, 2009.10.25, Liu ye & Shi Hongliang coll.
det & photo by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Lestignathus foveatus Sloane, 1920
Male adult
Grove, S.J. (2010). Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection web-site
Copyright © Simon Grove
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) flaviguttatus W.S. Macleay, 1825
Male adult
Tahiti, Ste Amelie, 2014. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2015
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) maculiger Castelnau, 1867
Male adult
Indonesia E, 10.09.2010, West Papua, S Bird's Neck Kaimana 47 km Triton Bay, Kamaka (former Warika) vill. 03*46'43S 134*10'18E. det. E. Kirschenhofer 2015
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Coptocarpus oberprielerae Baehr, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
Australia, NT, Nitmiluk NP 14.17014699 S, 132.3813219 E Biodiversity survey No. 2 Site 5B, April-May 2015 (ANIC).
Copyright © Martin Baehr
-
Migadopinae taxon page (11 photos)
Calyptogonia atra Sloane, 1920
Female adult
Grove, S.J. (2010). Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection web-site
Copyright © Simon Grove
Stichonotus leai Sloane, 1910
Male adult
Grove, S.J. (2010). Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection web-site
Copyright © Simon Grove
Migadopiella octoguttata Baehr, 2009 Holotype
Female adult
(CBM): Australia: Tas Mt. Cradle 3-8.ii.2001 T. Ueno leg. 4.15 mm
Copyright © Martin Baehr
Migadopiella convexipennis Baehr, 2009 Holotype
Male adult
(BMNH): TASMANIA Liffey Valley Drys Bluff Nov. 1981 Simon Fearn, E. Gowing-Scopes Collection BMNH (E)2005-4.
Copyright © Martin Baehr
Decogmus chalybeus Sloane, 1915
Male adult
Carrai Plateau, via Kemsey, NSW. 14-15. iv. 1968 G. Monteith / Decogmus chalybaeus Sl. det. B. P. Moore’69 and ’74. 12.4 mm
Copyright © Martin Baehr - Panagaeinae taxon page (5 photos)
-
Paussinae taxon page (5 photos)
Megalopaussus amplipennis Lea, 1906
Male adult
Copyright © Ken Ito
Mystropomus regularis Banninger, 1940
Male adult
Mt. Lewis, Nord Queensland, Australie, 5.03.2004
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Arthropterus hopii (Westwood, 1843) Holotype
Unsexed
Copyright © - - - -
Platyninae taxon page (6 photos)
Violagonum violaceum (Chaudoir, 1859)
Male adult
8,7 mm; Thailand, Khao Lak, Khao Lak Beach, at light leg. U.Schmidt, 29.IV.2015; det. M.Baehr, 2015; photo U.Schmidt, 2015
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Violagonum violaceum (Chaudoir, 1859)
Male adult
Papua New Guinea, Wau, 9.5 mm. det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Notagonum tasmanicum Baehr, 2016
Male adult
Copyright © - - - -
Pseudomorphinae taxon page (33 photos)
Adelotopus parumpunctatus Baehr, 1997 Paratype
Male adult
Adelotopus parumpunctatus Baeher, 1997 Paratype
Victoria, Australia (paratype, coll. FMNH).
Symbiotic host: Unknown.
© Field Museum of Natural History
from www.myrmecophile.net
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Sphallomorpha maculigera (Macleay, 1864)
Male adult
Sphallomorpha maculigera (Macleay, 1864)
Museum of Zurich
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Cainogenion (Cainogenion) ipsoides (Westwood, 1837)
Male adult
Victoria, Australia (coll. FMNH).
Symbiotic host: Unknown.
© Field Museum of Natural History
from www.myrmecophile.net
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Psydrinae taxon page (38 photos)
Moriomorpha lawrencei Baehr, 2011 Holotype
Male adult
37.34S 145.53E Cumberland Ck. 13 km ESE of Marysville 18 Jan. 1978 V. Lawrence & Weir (ANIC). Image from Baehr, 2011. New species and new records of the genus Moriomorpha Castelnau from Australia.
Copyright © Martin Baehr
Trephisa parallela Moore, 1963 Paratype
Male adult
V. BinnaBurra / M’ PhersonRge / May58, Q-NSW / 2600-3600' / Darlingtons (MCZ).
Copyright © James K. Liebherr
Spherita newtoni Liebherr, 2020 Holotype
Male adult
AUSTRALIA: W. Aust.: / Avon Valley N.P., 1.3km/ from entrance, 420 m, / 31.38.790S, 116.17.940E, / 27.vii.2004, marri-jarrah // (Eucalyptus calophylla- / Euc. marginata) woodland /FMHD #2004–106 berl. / leaf & log litter, Newton, / Clarke, Solodovnikov 1102 / FIELD MUSEUM NAT. HIST // HOLOTYPE / Spherita / newtoni / J.K. Liebherr 2019 (black margined red label) // Western Australian / Museum Entomology / Reg. no. E101840.
Copyright © James K. Liebherr
Theprisa montana Castelnau, 1867
Female adult
Image from Liebherr et al 2021
Copyright © James K. Liebherr
Theprisa convexa (Sloane, 1920)
Female adult
Image from Liebherr et al 2021
Copyright © James K. Liebherr
Neonomius laevicollis (Sloane, 1915)
Unsexed
Copyright © - - -
Dystrichothorax laevior Baehr, 2004
Male adult
Australia, NSW Dorrigo env. 17.2.1993 (cAA). det. M. Baehr
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Pterostichinae taxon page (149 photos)
Platycaelus melliei Montrouzier, 1860
Male adult3.2 km SW of Giles Point (Australia)
From the collection of the Essig Museum of Entomology
Specimen No. EMEC1003974.
Copyright © Kipling Will (Essig and Berkeley Natural History Museums)
Copyright © Kipling W. Will
Nurus latipennis (Sloane, 1903)
Female adult
Australia. Image from Will & Monteith, 2018
Copyright © Kipling W. Will
Paranurus dilaticeps (Chaudoir, 1865)
Female adult
Australia, Queensland
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
-
Rhysodinae incertae sedis taxon page (3 photos)
Kaveinga (Angekiva) frontalis (Grouvelle, 1903)
Unsexed
Copyright © - - -
Sloanoglymmius planatus (Lea, 1904)
Unsexed
Copyright © - - -
Leoglymmius lignarius (Olliff, 1885)
Unsexed
Copyright © - - - - Scaritinae taxon page (119 photos)
-
Trechinae taxon page (53 photos)
Sloaneana tasmaniae (Sloane, 1915)
Male adult
Grove, S.J. (2010). Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection web-site
Copyright © Simon Grove
Kenodactylus audouini Guerin-Meneville, 1830
Male adult
Argentina, PN Tierra del Fuego, Bahia Lapataia, 12-15.I.2003, T. Ueno; det. T. Ueno, 2007
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Bembidion (Australoemphanes) ateradustum Liebherr, 2008
Male adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0 license
Copyright © David Maddison
Paratrechodes macleayi (Sloane, 1920)
Male adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0
Copyright © David Maddison
Trechiella subornatella (Blackburn, 1901)
Male adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0
Copyright © David Maddison
Pogonus (Pogonus) fennelli Hudson, 2000
Female adult
Australia 7.5 mm; det. K. Will, 2020
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Aenigmatachys rubens Baehr, 2020 Holotype
Male adult
“Australia Black B . . . (unreadable) / G.C. Champion Coll. B.M. 1927-409” (NHM).
Copyright © Martin Baehr













