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

Megacephala (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis s.str.
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Pte. Hayes, Lolita, Yaragui 12.I.2001 leg. U.Drechsel; 17 mm; det. J. Wiesner; photo Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889
Male adult
Mackenzie Flight, SI-EOL Intern; TL Erwin Lab, NMNH
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Iresia (Iresia) lacordairei Dejean, 1831
Female adult
Argentina, Misiones, Pozo Azul, 13.xii.1998. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Cheilonycha auripennis angustedilatata W.Horn, 1922
Male adult
Paraguay, Concepcion, Cororó, 20.-30.xi.1998. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Odontocheila fulgens (Klug, 1834)
Female adult
Argentina, Entre Rios, P. N. El Palmar, Ubajay, 4.ii.2002. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Brasiella (Brasiella) argentata argentata
Male adult
Argentina, Chaco, Pampa Avila, xii.1995. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca
Male adult
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Saladillo, Laguna Indio Muerto, 19.ii.1995. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Brasiella (Brasiella) aureola aureola
Female adult
Paraguay, Concepcion, Cororó, 20.-30.xi.1998. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Opisthencentrus dentipennis (Germar, 1843)
Male+Female adult
Brasilia. ♂, 7.9 mm, ♀, 8.9 mm (SDEI).
Copyright © Jiří Moravec

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

Somotrichus unifasciatus (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Schitomir, B. Sokanovsky leg.
photo & det. Anichtchenko A. 2010
coll. Zoological Museum of Moscow
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Stenocheila lacordairei Castelnau, 1832
Female adult
Chapada dos Guimãres, Brazil. Image from T.L. Erwin, L.S. Zamorano, 2014
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Plochionus (Menidius) rufocruciatus Maindron, 1906 Holotype
Male adult

Copyright © Beulah Garner

Lebia (Lebia) concinna Brulle, 1838
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Kanindeyu, Carapa, 3-10.12.2008, U. Drechsel leg.; 5 mm ; det. A. Anichtchenko, 2018 (Compared with Type in MNHN)
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

Lelis quadrisignata (Buquet, 1834)
Male adult
Guyana Francese, Matiti, XI.2013 (Collection R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

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

Agra strangulata Chaudoir, 1863
Male adult
French Guiana, Mt Kaw, 8-16.1.2008 A. Montes leg.; det. A. Degiovanni, 2023
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Agra diagonalis Straneo, 1966
Male adult
Brasile - Det Straneo, 1977
Copyright © Augusto Degiovanni

Anaulacus (Macracanthus) thoracicus Ball & Shpeley, 2002 Paratype
Male adult
South America, Brazil, Santa Catarina, 300-500m: Nova Teutônia (Field Museum of Natural History)
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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

Cratocerus indupalmensis Grzymala & Will, 2014 Paratype
Male adult
Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Image from Grzymala T.L. & Will K.W., 2014
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Bothynoproctus mattoensis Tschitscherine, 1900
Female adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Euchroa dives Tschitscherine, 1898
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Haplobothynus gounellei Tschitscherine, 1901
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Eumara maindroni Tschitscherine, 1901
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Cnemalobus striatus Guerin-Meneville, 1838
Male+Female adult
Claromecó IX-2014. det. A. Cicchino
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

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

Cephalostichus laticeps (Straneo, 1953) Holotype
Unsexed

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Lobobrachus cleidecostae Campaner & Will, 2020 Holotype Paratype
Male+Female adult
Brasil-PI [Piauí] Estação Ecológica Uruçuí-Una, 08°52′S / 44°57′W, 19‑29.I.2001, Montingelli, G.G. col. (MZSP) Scale bar: 10.0 mm. Image from Campaner, C. & Will, K.W., 2020
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Neotalus portai (Straneo, 1941)
Male adult
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia X-2000
Copyright © Armando Cicchino

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

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

Schizogenius (Listropus) xanthopus (Brulle, 1837)
Unsexed
Argentina. Image (with modifications) from Roig-Juñent, S.A. & Miras, D.N. GEADEPHAGA: Carabidae, Cicindelidae y Trachypachidae (Coleoptera) species from Argentina and Uruguay.
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Kultianella sulcicollis (Putzeys, 1866)
Female adult
Argentina. Image (with modifications) from Roig-Juñent, S.A. & Miras, D.N. GEADEPHAGA: Carabidae, Cicindelidae y Trachypachidae (Coleoptera) species from Argentina and Uruguay.
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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

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

Erwiniana grutii (Bates, 1871)
Male adult
Peru, Junin Dep., 15 km NW from Satipo, near Rio Venado, h~1300 11°11.352'S 074°46.070'W window traps 1-15.X.2015 leg. A.Petrov L=4.5 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

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