Pleuracanthus sulcipennis Gray, 1832
Male adult
Bolivia, Dep. Santa Cruz, San Ignacio, 11.1996, leg. A. Mater (Collection R. Sciaky). 15 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Dailodontus clandestinus (Klug, 1834)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Pte. Hayes, Gral. Bruguez, S24,44 W58,48 19-23.I.2006 leg. U. Drechsel. 12 mm. det. & coll. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Helluomorpha eulinae Reichardt, 1974
Female adult
Paraguay, Dep Cordillera, Pirareta, 6-8.10.2012 U. Drechsel leg. 17 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Helluomorphoides squiresi (Chaudoir, 1872)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Caazapa, Colonia Neufeld, 24.10-2.11.2008. 12 mm. det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Helluomorphoides rubricollis (Schaum, 1863)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Caazapa, La Golondrina, S25,32 W55,29 14-19.III.2009 leg. U. Drechsel. det. & coll. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Helluobrochus darlingtoni Reichardt, 1974
Male adult
Paraguay, dep. Caazapa, Colonia Neufeld, S26.28 W55.55, 24.10.2008, leg. U. Drechsel 15 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Pheropsophus (Pheropsophus) platycephalus Reichardt, 1967
Male adult
Natal. Brazil, W. M. Mann. 1954
det. T.L. Erwin, 2001
14 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Brachinus (Neobrachinus) geniculatus Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Nicaragua, Managua Distr., Laguna de Xiloa, 30.11.1994, E. Van den Berghe leg.; det. R. Davidson
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Calosoma (Castrida) alternans granulatum Perty, 1830
Female adult
Argentina, Entre Rios,
Liebig, nov.1997
long. 32 mm
photo, det. & coll. Anichtchenko A. 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Calosoma (Castrida) argentinensis Csiki, 1927
Female adult
(DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Cylindera (Plectographa) apiata (Dejean, 1825)
Male adult
Uruguay
Copyright © Stanislav Krejcik

Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Kanindeyu, Arakangy,
S24.37 W55.34 21-30.XI.2006 leg. U.Drechsel
male, 11 mm
det. J. Wiesner
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Ctenostoma (Myrmecilla) ichneumoneum ichneumoneum s.str.
Male adult
Mackenzie Flight, SI-EOL Intern; TL Erwin Lab, NMNH
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Megacephala (Apterotetracha) aptera Chaudoir, 1862
Male adult
Mackenzie Flight, SI-EOL Intern; TL Erwin Lab, NMNH
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Pentacomia (Poecilochila) rhytidopteroides (W. Horn, 1906)
Male adult
Argentina, Chaco, Charata, i.1993. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) bucephala (W. Horn, 1909)
Male adult
Paraguay, Boqueron, Río Pilcomayo, 21.x.1990. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Ctenostoma (Microprocephalus) brevilabre W. Horn, 1931
Unsexed
det. Naviaux; Image by Frédéric Durand. Retrieved from http://www.shnao.eu
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Ctenostoma (Salvioides) zikani W. Horn, 1911
Unsexed
Bresil Minas Gerais Mar de Hespanha, 19.xii.1910. Image by Frédéric Durand. Retrieved from http://www.shnao.eu
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Mesochila (Mesochila) smaragdula (Dejean, 1825)
Female adult
Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, 20.XII.2010 (Coll. R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

Euprosopus quadrinotatus (Latreille & Dejean, 1822)
Female adult
Brazil. 16mm. det. J. Wiesner, 2021
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Pionycha pallens Lucas, 1857
Female adult
San Fernando District, Buenos Aires Province, XI-2015 Coll. & det. A. Cicchino
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Schidonychus brasiliensis Klug, 1834
Female adult
Tigre District, Buenos Aires Province, XII-1968. det. A. Cicchino
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Wate longinus Liebke, 1928
Female adult
Loreto, Misiones province, Argentina I-1968
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Galerita (Galerita) collaris Dejean, 1826
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Boqueron, Filadelfia, S 22*21' W 60*01', 17.VIII.2011, leg. U. Drechsel. 18 mm. det. O. Hovorka, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Galerita (Galerita) occidentalis (Olivier, 1795)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Alto Parana, Estancia Dimas, S25*33' W55*13', 17-21.XI.2011, leg. U. Drechsel. 20 mm. det. O. Hovorka, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Galerita (Galerita) coeruleipennis Chaudoir, 1861
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Guira, Ita Azul, S25*50' W56*12', 7-11.I.2011, leg. U. Drechsel. 17 mm. det. O. Hovorka, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Galerita (Galerita) orbignyi Brulle, 1837
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Alto Parana, Estancia Dimas, S 25*33' W 55*13', 26-31.I.2012, leg. U. Drechsel. 21 mm.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Ancystroglossus strangulatus Chaudoir, 1863
Male adult
French Guiana, Kaw Mountain, 4*33,562N 52*12.425W, 1.12.2002 V.Soon leg. (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2020
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Coarazuphium pains Alvares & Ferreira, 2002
Male adult

Copyright © Letícia Vieira

Coarazuphium cessaima Gnaspini, Vanin & Godoy, 1998
Male adult

Copyright © Letícia Vieira

Coarazuphium amazonicum Pellegrini & Ferreira, 2017
Male adult

Copyright © Letícia Vieira

Chaudoirella reichardti Mateu, 1982
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Cordillera Pirareta, S25°29' W56°56', 16-18.iii.2012, leg. U. Drechsel (cAA); 7 mm; det. G. Allegro, 2024
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Notiobia (Anisotarsus) terminata (Say, 1823)
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet

Amblygnathus cephalotes Dejena, 1829
Unsexed
Antilles. Image from Shpeley, Hunting & Ball, 2017
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Selenophorus (Celiamorphus) spinosus Shpeley, Hunting & Ball, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
BRAZIL: Amazonas/ Benjamin Constant/ Rio Javary/ II-15-III-15-1942; August Robaus/ Collector (AMNH). Image from Shpeley, Hunting & Ball, 2017
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Trichopselaphus subiridescens Chaudoir, 1843
Female adult
Paraguay, Dep. Alto Parana, Limoy, 1-10.XI.2006, leg. U. Drechsel. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2017. 12 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Athrostictus sulcatulus Dejean, 1829
Male+Female adult
Iguazu, Misiones Province, I-2010, A. Cicchino Coll. & det.
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Notiobia (Notiobia) disparilis Bates, 1878
Male adult
Caquetá, San Vicente del Caguán, Resguardo Indígena Altamira; 02.464°N, 074.917°W; 917 m a.s.l.; 15 Feb. 2017; J. Panche leg.; White-light trap. Image from Sarmiento-Roa et al., 2020
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Polpochila (Polpochila) vicina Negre, 1963
Male adult
PERU, Iquitos
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Notiobia (Notiobia) jucunda Bates, 1878
Male adult
Ecuador, Napo
Copyright © Martin Häckel

Straneotia amazonica Mateu, 1961 Holotype
Male adult
Typ Teffe (Ega) Amazones, M de Mathan 1 trimestre 1879 (MNHN)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Gallerucidia octonotata Chaudoir, 1872 Holotype
Female adult
environs Rio-Janeiro (MNHP)<br /> photo T. Erwin
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Plochionus (Menidius) rufocruciatus Maindron, 1906 Holotype
Male adult

Copyright © Beulah Garner

Onota angulicollis (Reiche, 1842)
Male adult
Panama, Darien Nat. Park, Rancho Frio, 3-15.1.2017, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Pseudotoglossa inaequalis (Chaudoir, 1872)
Male adult
Fr. Guyane, Fourgassie (Roura), 12-18.3.1996; det. A. Anichtchenko, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Tetragonoderus (Peronoscelis) figuratus Dejean, 1831
Male adult

Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Calleida (Calleida) amethystina (Fabricius, 1787)
Male adult
Panama, Darien Nat. Park, Cerro Pirre, near Rancho Frio, 4-16.I.2017, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. 10mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Plochionus (Plochionus) pallens (Fabricius, 1775)
Male adult
Philippines, Mindanao, Wao, Lanao del Sur
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Lebia (Poecilostota) cf pendula Putzeys, 1846
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Cordillera, Pirareta
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Agra (FEISTHAMELI species-group) dation Erwin, 1987 Holotype
Male adult

Copyright © Smithsonian NMNH

Stenocrepis (Stenous) tibialis (Chevrolat, 1834)
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Notiokasis chaudoiri Kavanaugh and Negre, 1982
Female adult
Montevideo, Uruguay, July 1966, leg. A. Cicchino
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Nototylus fryi Schaum, 1863 Holotype
Female adult
Image from Terry L. Erwin, David H. Kavanaugh, David R. Maddison, 2020
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Brachygnathus angusticollis Burmeister
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Kanindeyu, Armisticio, S24.34 W54.32 26-30.XI.2009
leg. U.Drechsel
photo, det. & coll. Anichtchenko A.
23 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Pelecium (Pelecium) drakei Quedenfeldt, 1890 (or violaceum?)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Boqueron, Estancia La Paz, S21.01 W59.47 2-4.I.2010, leg. U.Drechsel. det. & coll. Anichtchenko A. 2010. 18 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Coptia armata (Castelnau, 1832)
Male adult
Peru, Moranilon riv., 30 km NW Nauta, Buen Fin, 7-9.II.1997 leg A. Petrov (MPU)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Brachygnathus festivus (Dejean & Boisduval, 1830)
Female adult
Argentina, Cordoba province, h = 1000 m
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Brachygnathus festivus (Dejean & Boisduval, 1830)
Male adult
Argentina, Cordoba province, h = 1000 m
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Ozaena lemoulti Banninger, 1932 Holotype
Male adult
Museum of Zurich
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Physea setosa Chaudoir, 1868
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Cordillera, Pirareta, S25*29' W56*56' 16-18.III.2012, leg. U. Drechsel<br /> 13 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Ozaena maxi Ball & Shpeley, 1990
Male adult
French Guiana, Petit Saut, VIII.2015; 15mm (Collection R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Pachyteles (Pachyteles) cuiabaensis Deuve, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Brésil, Cuiabá, in coll. Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg.
Copyright © Thierry Deuve

Tachypeles crassicornis Deuve, 2024 Holotype
Female adult
Brésil, Rondonia, 62 km au sud-ouest d’Ariguemes, environs de la Fazenda Rancho Grande (D. A. Rider & J. E. Eger, 6-15 décembre 1990, à la lumière), in FSCA.
Copyright © Thierry Deuve

Proozaena lhonorei Deuve, 2025 Holotype
Male adult
Brésil, Pará, Tucurui (6 janvier 1979), ex coll. J. Nègre, (MNHN). 11.5 mm
Copyright © Thierry Deuve

Plaumannium denticolle Liebke, 1939 Holotype
Male adult

Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Glyptolenus mirabilis (Straneo, 1991)
Male adult
Peru, Antalya. 6,8 mm
Copyright © Augusto Degiovanni

Notopseudomorpha laevissima (Chaudoir, 1852)
Female adult
Brazil
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Homalomorpha castanea Brulle, 1835
Male adult
Amazonas, San-Paulo (MNHN)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Loxandrus tetrastigma Bates, 1871
Male adult
Colombia- Risaralda, La Virginia- Aguas Claras, 4°53’33.56”N 75°55’58.13”W; 926 msnm Trampa de caída. Ripario; Col: Proyecto Bosque Seco; Octubre 05 de 2005
Copyright © Anderson Arenas Clavijo

Bothynoproctus mattoensis Tschitscherine, 1900
Female adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Lobobrachus lacerdae Sharp, 1885
Female adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Pseudabarys robustus (Bates, 1871)
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Marsyas bicolor Straneo, 1968
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Cynthidia planodiscus (Perty, 1830)
Female adult
Paraguay, Dep. Paraguari, La Colmena, S25*56' W56*48', 26-27.III.2013, leg. U. Drechels. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2017 12 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Trirammatus (Trirammatus) unistriatus (Dejean, 1828)
Male adult
ARGENTINA, Rio Negro, El Bolsòn - det. J. E. Barriga
Copyright © Vittorino Monzini

Oxycrepis (Oxycrepis) cordata Tschitscherine, 1900
Male adult
det. K. Will
Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Catapiesis nitida Solier in Audouin & Brullé, 1835
Male adult
Brazil, Mata de Minas Gerais, Alto Caparao. det & image Artur Orsetti
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Semiclivina (Uroclivina) bergeri Dostal, 2011 Holotype
Male adult
Argentina NE, S of Corrientes, River Parana, 16. 01. 2009, leg. M. Snizek, (CDW). Photo Harald Bruckner
Copyright © Alexander Dostal

Ancus bicornutus (Putzeys, 1861)
Male adult
Photographer: Beatriz Gimenez de Cordoba
SI-EOL Intern; TL Erwin Lab, NMNH
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Ardistomis seriepunctatus (Brulle, 1843)
Male adult
Venezuela, Barinas, Sta Barbara, , iv. 1985, L. Ratel leg.
det. P. Bulirsch 2012, revised by P. Valdes
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Ardistomis fasciolatus Putzeys, 1846
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. San Pedro, Puerto Rosario, S24*22 W57*06, 25-27.I.2007, leg. U. Drechsel
det. P. Bulirsch 2012
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Distichus (Lophogenius) orientalis (Bonelli, 1813)
Male adult
Beatriz Gimenez de Cordoba, SI-EOL Intern; TL Erwin Lab, NMNH
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Solenogenys funkei Adis, 1981 Paratype
Male adult

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Glyptogrus molopinus (Perty, 1830)
Male adult
det. P. Bulirsch. 24 mm.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Ardistomis ferreirai Balkenohl, Pellegrini & Zampaulo, 2018 Holotype
Male adult
Brazil (PA) - ISLA Projeto NSS—Morro I Parauapebas— 01/09/2010 Cav. GEM-1195 (Est. Seca) Carabidae sp5 Col. CARSTE” / white, handwritten, pencil “7397 ISLA ” ( ISLA). Image of M. Balkenohl
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Pyramoides oblongicollis (Putzeys, 1861)
Male adult
Gobernador Virasoro, CORRIENTES I-2003
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

Whiteheadiana thaisae Benjumea, Lopes & Vieira, 2023 Holotype
Male adult
“Campo Formoso, BA, Toca do Gonçalo // 28.12.2012 // Ferreira R.L. col.” (ISLA78752), exemplar preserved in alcohol 90%. Image from Benjumea, Lopes & Vieira, 2023
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Elaphropus (Nototachys) occidentalis Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Paratype
Male adult
Perú, Madre de Dios, Pakitza
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Elaphropus (Idiotachys) acutifrons Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Holotype
Female adult
Brazil, Santarem
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Meotachys (Scolistichus) riparius Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Paratype
Female adult
Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Solimões, Ilha de Marchantaria
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Elaphropus (Ammotachys) marchantarius Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Paratype
Male adult
Venezuela, San Carlos de Rio Negro
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Meotachys (Hylotachys) ballorum Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Paratype
Female adult
Brazil, Amazonas, Tapurucuara
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Xystosomus laevis Erwin, 1973 Holotype
Male adult
Brasilien, Nova Teutonia
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Gouleta cayennensis (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0
Copyright © David Maddison

Gouleta cayennensis (Dejean, 1831)
Unsexed
ECUADOR, Santa Clara
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Costitachys inusitatus Erwin, 1974 Holotype
Male adult
Santarem, Para, Brazil, IV.27.1963 FG Werner (MCZ)
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Liotachys antennatus Bates, 1871
Female adult
Bolivia: Santa Cruz Prov. Andrez Ibanez Potrerillo de Guenda, Terebinto. / 3-4 October 1994 / leg. P. Bettella / det. R. Davidson. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburg, PA, USA
Copyright © Curt Harden

Xenaroswelliana deltaquadrant Erwin, 2007 Holotype
Male adult
BRAZIL, Goiás, Lagoa de Pedras, west of Rio Caña Brava, 160 km NE Brasilia, 15.067°S, 47.078°W, 492 m, 30 October 1974 (L. Knutson) (NMNH: ADP109095).
Copyright © Terry Erwin