Pheropsophus (Pheropsophus) ecuadorensis Hubenthal, 1911
Male adult
Ecuador, Orellana prov., rio Napo, 8.2014. (DUBC) det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842)
Male adult
Peru, Dep. Madre de Dios, Rio Alto Madre de Dios Salvacion,
Manu park, 600-700m, 5.7.1999
photo Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Oxygonia prodiga prodiga Erichson, 1847
Male adult
(ETHZ)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Brasiella (Brasiella) misella misella
Male adult
Argentina, Corrientes: Riachuelo env., r. Pexoa, 20-25.xii.2012. Image from J. Wiesner & A. Bandinelli, 2014. Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Pentacomia (Poecilochila) ventralis (Dejean, 1825)
Female adult
Peru, Satipo prov., Junin, near Rio Venado vill., 1100m, 23.XI-6.XII.2014. det. J. Wiesner, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Ronhuberia eurytarsipennis (W.Horn, 1905)
Male adult
Peru, Pasco Department, Oxapampa Province, Pozuzo District, Santa Rosa vill., h ~ 1600 m, 13–6.10.2017, leg. A. Petrov (MSPU)
Copyright © Andrey Matalin

Oxygonia uniformis W. Horn, 1900
Male adult
ECUADOR central, Prov. Pastaza, E Andes, ~12 km NW Puyo, ~1 km around 1°24'14"S 78°4'11W (“Sumak” eco-lodge), 13–17.ii.2023, 1300–1400 m, primary mid montane rainforest, leg. D.Telnov; (NHMUK). 12 mm. det. Anichtchenko A. 2023
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Oxycheila gracillima Bates, 1872
Female adult
ECUADOR central, Prov. Pastaza, E Andes, ~12 km NW Puyo, ~1 km around 1°24'14"S 78°4'11W (“Sumak” eco-lodge), 13–17.ii.2023, 1300–1400 m, primary mid montane rainforest, leg. D. Telnov. (NHMUK). 12 mm. det. Anichtchenko A. 2023
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Odontocheila ochreata Reiche, 1842
Male adult
Ecuador (NHMUK). 15.5 mm; det. Jiri Moravec, 2023
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Pseudoxycheila ceratoma Chaudoir, 1865
Male adult
ECUADOR central, Prov. Tungurahua, E Andes, ~2.5 km SSW Rio Verde, valley of River Pastaza, 1°24'34"S 78°16'37"W, “Ecominga” private reserve, 9.ii.2023, 1350–1500 m, primary mid-montane rainforest on dolomite, leg. D.Telnov (BMNH). det. Anichtchenko A. 2023
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

Pseudaptinus (Thalpius) bartolozzii Allegro, 2025 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador: Napo, Rio Hollin, 1200 m, 9-13.II.1993, L. Bartolozzi legit (Mag. 1406) (MZUF, provisionally at author’s address).
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Pseudaptinus (Thalpius) moreti Allegro, 2025 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Sucumbíos, Km 9 Sta Bárbara – La Bonita, 25.VII.1998, 2450 m, I. Tapia / Nocte ambulans, 20 h – 22 h (CMo)
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Pelmatellus columbianus (Reiche, 1843)
Male adult
Image from Sofía I. Muñoz-Tobar, 2019
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Notiobia (Notiobia) jucunda Bates, 1878
Male adult
Ecuador, Napo
Copyright © Martin Häckel

Hybopteroides penrosei Erwin & Ball, 2012 Paratype
Female adult
ADP100405, 20 km S Puerto Napo, Alinahui, NAPO, Ecuador. Image from Erwin & Ball, 2012. Hybopteroides, a new genus in the Cryptobatida group of subtribe Agrina, with three new species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini).
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Coptodera (Coptodera) relucens Bates, 1869
Male adult
Peru, Junin prov., Satipo env., 800m, 13-14.III.2005, leg. A. Petrov. det. Anichtchenko A. 2015
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Coptodera (Coptodera) megalops Bates, 1869
Male adult
Peru. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2015
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Balligratus humerangulus Moret & Ortuño, 2017 Paratype
Female adult
Chiriboga, Ecuador (CPM)
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Tetragonoderus (Peronoscelis) figuratus Dejean, 1831
Male adult

Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Thoasia manu Erwin & Aldebron, 2018 Holotype
Female adult
Perú, Madre de Dios, Manu Reserved Zone, Río Manu, BIOLAT Biological Station, Pakitza, 11.9446°S, 71.2831°W, 356m, 16 October 1989 (TL Erwin)(NMNH, ADP100320).
Copyright © Karolyn Darrow

Straneotia confundis Aldebron & Erwin, 2018 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Orellana, Yasuni National Park, –September 1998 (P. Araujo)(NMNH: ADP 152452).
Copyright © Karolyn Darrow

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

Peruphorticus pallipes (Reiche, 1843)
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga Nature Reserve, 0°25’15” S, 79°00’23” W, 1800-2000 m
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Stenognathus (Stenognathus) batesi Chaudoir, 1877
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga Nature Reserve, 0°25’15” S, 79°00’23” W, 1800-2000 m
Copyright © Pierre Moret

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

Dercylus (Licinodercylus) nodosus Moret In Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Zamora-Chinchipe, Valladolid, 2200 m, 20.VII.1988, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

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

Eohomopterus aequatoriensis (Wasmann, 1899)
Male adult
Ecuador: Orellana Prov., Onkone Gare Camp, T.L. Erwin leg. Copyright © 2005 Wendy Moore
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Filicerozaena casaleorum Deuve, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Équateur, Cotopaxi, Union del Toachi, Otongachi, 850 mètres (A. & G. Casale, 19-20 février 2013), in MNHN
Copyright © Thierry Deuve

Pachyteles (Pachyteles) brevioricera Deuve, 2024 Holotype
Female adult
Équateur, Sucumbios, Km 10 Lumbaqui-Tulcán, 700 mètres (P. Moret, 22 juillet 1998, piège lumineux vers 20h), in coll. P. Moret, à Toulouse (France).
Copyright © Thierry Deuve

Filicerozaena seriepunctata tapiai Deuve, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga Nature Reserve, 0°25’15” S, 79°00’23” W, 1800-2000 m (CPM)
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Dyscolus (Dyscolus) altarensis (Bates, 1891)
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Tungurahua, Parque Nacional Llanganatis, Cerro Jaramillo, 4190 m, 15.II.2010, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Dyscolus (Dyscolus) deuvei Moret, 2005
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Tungurahua, Parque Nacional Llanganatis, Cerro Hermoso, 3950 m, 16.II.2010, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Dyscolus (Dyscolus) diopsis (Bates, 1891)
Female adult
Ecuador, Provincia Tungurahua, Parque Nacional Llanganatis, Cerro Hermoso, 4480 m, 17.II.2010, P. Moret leg
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Dyscolus (Dyscolus) purpuratus Reiche, 1842
Male adult
Ecuador, Sucumbios, 26 km W La Bonita, La Fama, 27.7.98 1950m I. Tapia. det. P. Moret 2004
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Dyscolus (Hydrodyscolus) nocticolor Moret, 2005 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, 8.9.85, prov. Imbabura, Laguna de Mojanda, Rive 3720m, Pierre Moret leg. (DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Dyscolus (Dyscolidion) lionotus (Chaudoir, 1879)
Male adult
Peru, Junin, Satipo, Shima. 1.2011 (DUBC) 13 mm; det. P. Moret, 2020
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Glyptolenoides formicarius Moret, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Pichincha, Bellavista Reserve, 12 km S Nanegalito, 00°00′32″S, 78°41′08″W, 2150 m, 30.X.1999, 215, cloud forest litter, R. Anderson leg. (CMNC).
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Glyptolenus resbecqi Moret, 2024 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga, 2000 m
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Glyptolenoides calacali Moret, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Pichincha, Carretera Calacalí–La Independencia, R. Pahuma, 2000 m, 78°41’W, 0°00”S, 1-3.III.2001, G. Buitrón J. leg. (QCAZ). Only known specimen.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Dyscolus (Glyptolenopsis) aeneipennis (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga Nature Reserve, 0°25’15” S, 79°00’23” W, 1800-2000 m
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Yasunimorpha piranha Erwin & Geraci, 2008 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, nr. Yasuni National Park, Onkone, Gare Station, 0.657° S, 076.452° W, 236m, 16 January 1994 (T.L. Erwin, et al.)
(NMNH:ADP110379)
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Manumorpha biolat Erwin & Geraci, 2008 Holotype
Male adult
Perú: Madre de Dios, Manu National Reserve, Rio Manu, Pakitza, Trocha Pacal – 25, 11.941° S, 071.303° W, 356m, 14 October 1991
(T.L. Erwin & M.G. Pogue)
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Abaris (Abaris) aenea Dejean, 1831
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

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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Blennidus (Sierrobius) viridans Moret, 1995 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Azuay, Tinajillas, km 73 Cuenca-Loja, 3150 m, 9.IV.1985, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Blennidus (Sierrobius) amaluzanus Moret, 2005 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Loja, Cordillera Lagunillas, Vía Jimbura-Zumba, 3200 m, 15.VII.2001, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) antisanae (Bates, 1891)
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Tungurahua, Parque Nacional Llanganatis, Cerro Hermoso, 4100 m, 17.II.2010, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Microcephalus niger (Straneo, 1956)
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) gregarius Moret, 1996 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, Prov. Azuay, Nudo de Azuay, 3980m, Paredones, 14.8.88 P. Moret leg. (DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Moriosomus loebli Allegro, Giachino & Picciau, 2018 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Canton Sigchos, Las Pampas, Otonga Natural Reserve, 25-28.VII.2005, W. Rossi legit (CGi).
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Abaris (Abaris) aenea Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Panama, Darien Nat. Park, Cerro Pirre, Rancho Plastico, 12.I.2017, Anichtchenko A. leg. (cAA) det. K. Will, 2020
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Hybothecus aequidianus (Moret, 1997)
Female adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga Nature Reserve, 0°25’15” S, 79°00’23” W, 1800-2000 m
Copyright © Pierre Moret

Halocoryza acapulcana Whitehead, 1966
Male adult
2.4mm, ADP127171; Acapulco, México<br /> Photo T.Erwin
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Scarites (Taeniolobus) giachinoi Bulirsch, 2019 Holotype
Male adult
Ecuador, Pichincha / S. José de Minas / Cerro Blanco, m 2850 / 7.viii.2006; P. M. Giachino, (PMGT).
Copyright © Petr Bulirsch

Erwiniana punctisculptilis (Erwin, 1994)
Male adult
Ecuador, Yasuni
Photo of Sokolov I. M.
Copyright © Igor Sokolov

Bembidion (Ecuadion) andersoni Toledano, 2008
Male adult
ECUADOR: Pichincha: Reserva Yanacocha, start Andean Snipe Trail, DRM voucher V100655. Image from Maddison D.R., 2014. Scale bar 1 mm.
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Bembidion (Ecuadion) chimborazonum (Bates, 1891)
Male adult
ECUADOR: Pichincha: Paso de la Virgen, DRM voucher V100793. Image from Maddison D.R., 2014.
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Meotachys (Scolistichus) riparius Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Paratype
Female adult
Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Solimões, Ilha de Marchantaria
Copyright © Terry Erwin

Andinodontis muellermotzfeldi Toledano & Erwin, 2010
Female adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0
Copyright © David Maddison

Oxytrechus cf. lallemandi Jeannel, 1927
Male adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0
Copyright © David Maddison

Paratrechus hypogeus Deuve & Moret, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
Equateur, Prov. Tungurahua, Parc national de Llanganatis, P13, Cerro Jaramillo, 4150 mètres, 1°09’40.6’’S - 78°21’23.5’’W, P. Moret, 14 février 2010. (MNHN).
Copyright © Thierry Deuve

Bembidion (Ecuadion) cotopaxi Moret & Toledano, 2002 Paratype
Female adult
Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Laguna Quilotoa, 3500m, 22.7.2001 P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Erwiniana irisculptilis (Erwin, 1994)
Unsexed
ECUADOR, Parque Nacional Yasunì
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Bembidion (Ecuadion) agonoides Vigna-Taglianti & Toledano, 2008
Female adult
Ecuador, Provincia Cotopaxi, Otonga Nature Reserve, 0°25’15” S, 79°00’23” W, 1800-2000 m
Copyright © Pierre Moret