Brachinus (Dysbrachinus) dorsalis Dejean, 1831
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Styphlomerus (Styphlomerus) equestris (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
10,0 mm Senegal, M`Bour, 14 km south, environment Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2012 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Crepidogaster (Tyronia) occidentalis (Basilewsky, 1968)
Unsexed

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Styphlomerus (Styphlomerus) gebieni Liebke, 1927
Male+Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi, 21-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Calosoma (Ctenosta) senegalense Dejean, 1831
Female adult
length: 22-27 mm
Kenia Tsavo National Parc
leg. U.Schmidt, 1991; det. W.Lorenz, 2000
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2006
Copyright © U.Schmidt

Calosoma (Ctenosta) guineense Imhoff, 1843
Male adult
Rep. Centre Africaine: Bangui env. IV.1974 28 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin

Chaetodera regalis regalis s.str.
Male adult
N Malawi, Kazuni Camp 1090m Uwaza marsh<br /> 27.3.2006<br /> 16 mm<br /> coll. A. Montes
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Prothyma (Prothyma) leprieurii leprieurii s.str.
Male adult
length: 10,5 mm
Senegal, M`Bour
leg. U.Schmidt, 1992; det. J.Gebert, 2007
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2008
Copyright © U.Schmidt

Habrodera nitidula nitidula s.str.
Female adult
length: 11 mm
Senegal, M`Bour
leg. U.Schmidt, 1991; det. J.Gebert, 2007
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2008
Copyright © U.Schmidt

Megacephala (Megacephala) denticollis schultzeorum W.Horn, 1904
Male adult
06/1997; Côte d'Ivoire, Sourougou Image from: Mal, N., Drumont, A., Kerkhof, S. & P. Grootaert, 2012. Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
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Megacephala (Grammognatha) euphratica euphratica
Unsexed
Spain : Alicante, Salina la Mata, 15.vii.1979 - E. Vives leg. (Size : 24 mm) Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal

Euryarthron planatoflavum (W.Horn, 1922)
Female adult
Burkina Faso, SW, Banfora, Lamoroolougou, local collector, V.2010
Copyright © Fabian Bötzl

Euryarthron dromicarium (H.Kolbe, 1894)
Male adult
Benin. 13 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
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Cylindera (Ifasina) lutaria (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
Male adult
Benin, Bembereke, 2 km W of Gando, 02 -03.VII.2001, A. Kudrna jr.; 7.8 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
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Myriochila (Monelica) vicina vicina
Male adult
Benin, N of Natitingou, 9.2 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
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Habrodera nilotica (Dejean, 1825)
Female adult
Zambia, Nympala, South LuangwaNat Park, 20-30.7.2009. 10 mm; det. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Hexagonia terminalis Gemminger & Harold, 1868
Male adult
Cameroun, M'Bakaou, Novembre 1973
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Cypholoba caillaudi (Castelnau, 1835)
Male adult
Kafue, Zambie 11.1986
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Anthia (Termophilum) venator (Fabricius, 1792)
Habitat
South Tunisia near Kebili 22.v.2004 - pictures by D. Sechi & A. Molinu
Copyright © Noël Mal

Anthia (Termophilum) nimrod nimrod (Fabricius, 1793)
Male adult
Senegal : Casamance, Sedhiou, 1891 - E. Laglaise, 41 mm, Coll. RBINS
Copyright © Noël Mal

Anthia (Termophilum) sulcata sulcata (Fabricius, 1793)
Unsexed
Senegal, ex coll. P. Dupuis, 46 mm, Coll. RBINS
Copyright © Noël Mal

Anthia (Termophilum) sulcata voltae Basilewsky, 1947
Male adult
Haute Volat : Ouagadagoudou vii.1976 (Size : 35 mm) Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal

Dendrocellus viridipennis Hope, 1842
Male adult
Ghana, Kumasi ad., Bobi ri, 6*41N 1*37W. det. S. Facchini, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Meladroma angustata Basilewsky, 1970
Male adult
Rep. Centr. Africa, Maboke, M. Gombe, Doko, XI. 1985. (Collection and det by R. Sciaky as informicollis Liebke, 1928). 23mm ; det. Peter Schüle 2022
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Drypta (Drypta) cyanea Castelnau, 1835 (as crampeli)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi 25-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Anthia (Termophilum) sexmaculata marginata Latreille, 1823
Female adult
Anthia (Thermophilum) sexmaculata pro marginata Latreille, 1823 Sudan
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Eunostus cf crampeli Alluaud, 1919
Female adult
Gabon (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2023; 9mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Anoncopeucus curvatus Burgeon, 1936
Unsexed
Image courtesy Inés Gimeno (RBINS).
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Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) pulchellus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Xenodochus exaratus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing piège lumineux 21/09/09, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Amblystomus orpheus (LaFerte-Senectere, 1853)
Male adult
Namibia, Etosha National Park, Okaukuejo, 1400 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 18.-20.III.1994
det. M.Baehr, 2012
4,8 mm
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Batoscelis discipennis (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
5,5 mm Senegal, M`Bour, environment Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2012 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Siopelus (Neosiopelus) punctatellus (Reiche, 1847)
Male adult
7,2 mm. Namibia, Outjo, 25 km south Okaukuejo, Ongave Lodge, 1000 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 21.III.1994; det. M.Baehr, 2012 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Siopelus (Africobatus) harpaloides (Guerin-Meneville, 1847)
Male adult
RSA, Transvaal, Louis Trichardt, 17-19.I.1999. S. Facchini det. 2003 ; 7mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Notiobia (Diatypus) pujoli (Basilewsky, 1968)
Male adult
RCA, P.N. Ndoki, Camp 102°28’51.0N 016°13’04.5E, 4-5.II.2012. piège UV canopée 35m, Exp. Sangha 2012, P. Moretto leg.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Hippoloetis rufa Castelnau, 1834 Holotype
Female adult
Sénégal, Coll. Chaudoir, MNHN Paris.
Copyright © MNHN

Parophonus (Orphanixus) pierroni Jeannel, 1948
Male adult
Zimbabwe, Matabele South, Bubi riv., 95km NE Beitbridge 507m, 25.11.2006 (cAA) det Facchini ; 8mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Afromizonus tecospilus Basilewsky, 1947
Female adult
Gambia, Janjangbure env, 19-22.VII.2003 B.Vořišek leg.
Copyright © Rudolf Kmeco

Hiletus versutus Schiodte, 1847
Female adult
Museum of Zurich
photo Anichtchenko
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Hiletus walterrossii Allegro & Giachino, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
Sierra Leone, Western Area, Banga Farm near Sussex, 16.XI.2015, W. Rossi legit (CGi)
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Hiletus alluaudi Jeannel, 1938
Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire Lamto Toumodi 20-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Eucolliuris olivieri (Buquet, 1864)
Male adult
Spain
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Cymindoidea virgulifera Chaudoir, 1875
Male adult
Mozambique, Sofala Province, Gorongosa res., 18-19.XII.2005
det. P. Schule 2009
13 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Archicolliuris dimidiata (Chaudoir, 1848)
Male adult
7,1 mm
Gambia, Serrekunda, environment Senegambia Beach Hotel, leg. U.Schmidt, 19.XI.1990; det. M.Baehr, 2012
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Lachnothorax pustulatus (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Oman, Dhofar, Jabal al Qamar, 20 km NW Dhalqut, 16*42'39.31N 53*9'12.60E, 21.9.2011, Richard Ambrus leg.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Velindopsis panagaeoides Burgeon, 1937
Female adult
Ghana, Kumasi ad., Bobi ri, 6*41N 1*37W, 10-11.III.2010. 4.5 mm det. A. Anichtchenko, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Coptodera (Coptoderina) triloba s.str.
Male adult
Ghana, Atewa Hills, 6*14N 0*33W, 24.3.2010 (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2025
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Neocoptodera (Coptodrella) cf. similata (Hansen, 1968)
Female adult
Ghana, Kumasi ad., Bobi ri, 6*41N 1*37W, 15.3.2010. det. S. Facchini, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Coptodera (Coptoderina) triloba minima (Hansen, 1968)
Female adult
det. Anichtchenko A. 2025
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Coptodera (Coptoderinella) congoana Burgeon, 1937
Male adult
Gabon E., Ogooué-Ivindo Prov., Makokou 7.7 km SW Ivindo NP, Ipassa forest research station, 0°30’52N, 12°48’21E, 18-19.VI.2016, 520m, edge of secondary lowland rainforest, MV light, leg. D. Telnov
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Cymbionotum (Cymbionotum) semelederi (Chaudoir, 1861)
Female adult
IRAN, S Khorasan prov., 10 km W Deh Salm, 26.5.2008
Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Chlaenius (Chlaenius) dusaultii (L.Dufour, 1821)
Male adult
Ethiopia, Illubabor prov., 25 km SE Abobo 29.VIII-8.IX.1988
17 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) sennaariensis Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
Ethiopia, Gambilla prov., Alworo riv., 15 km W Abobo 14.IX.1988<br /> 19 mm<br /> photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.<br /> det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Eccoptomenus eximius (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Ectenognathus dryptoides Murray, 1858
Female adult
Benin, Iro de Pobe, VII.1990, coll. D. Wrase. det. E. Kirschenhofer
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Actodus longeantennatus Lecordier, 1966 Holotype
Male adult
(MRAC)
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Ocybatus) discicollis (Laferte-Senectere, 1851)
Male adult
Oman, Dhofar, Jabal al Qamar, 10 km W Dhakut, 16*42'9.90N 53*11'40.56" E 20.9.2011, Richard Ambrus leg. det. E. Kirschenhofer, 2015
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Chlaenius (Compsochlaenius) treichi Alluaud, 1916 Paratype
Male adult

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) akanensis Kirschenhofer, 2009 Holotype
Male adult
Ivory Coast, Touba, V. 2000, Ph. Moretto (CollSchue).
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Pseudosphaerodes sphaerodoides (Alluaud, 1917)
Female adult
Ivory Coast, West Mt Tonkou, V-VI.2000. det. P. Schule
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Chlaenius (Epomis) croesus (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
Mali, Mopti region, Bandiagara Plateau, 700m, Feber 2015, leg. G. Müller. det. E. Kirschenhofer, 2019
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Sphaerostylus (Afrozaena) luteus (Hope, 1842)
Male adult
Congo det. Anichtchenko A. 2014
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Heteropaussus quadricollis (Wasmann, 1910)
Male adult
Natitingou, III 1997, 11 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Hylotorus bucephalus (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Male adult

Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Cochliopaussus) excavatus Westwood, 1833
Male adult
F. de Niaouli, II 2002, 5 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Katapaussus) armatus Westwood, 1833
Male adult
Tanougou, IV 2006, 10 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Katapaussus) bayonii Gestro, 1910
Male adult
Pénéssoulou VI 1999, 9 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Klugipaussus) latreillei Westwood, 1845
Male adult
F. de Niaouli, 03 XI 2012, 6 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Manicanopaussus) liber Wasmann, 1899
Male adult
F. de la Lama, II 2001, 6 mm
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Katapaussus) sphaerocerus Afzelius, 1798
Male adult
Calavi IITA, 11 XI 1999, 8 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Katapaussus) cf humboldtii (Westwood, 1852)
Unsexed
Namibia, Khomas Reg.,99 km ESE from Windhoek, Eningu Clayhouse Lodge 22°46'50"S 18°00'58"E 20.II.2018 leg. A. Rubenyan. det. P. Nagel
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Haplopeza cf bicolor Burgeon, 1937
Female adult
Gabon (cAA). 8mm; det. S. Facchini, 2025
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Agonidium explanatum (Bates, 1889)
Male+Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire Lamto Toumodi 23-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Oberthueria guiteli Vuillet, 1911
Female adult

Senegal, DIOUROUP, Moretto leg. 4.-8.VIII.2007
photo, det. & coll. P. Schьle

Copyright © Peter Schüle

Hyperectenus aenigmaticus Alluaud, 1935
Female adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Abacetus (Distrigus) crenulatus Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 07/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Abacetus (Abacetus) parallelus Roth, 1851
Male adult
11,2 mm Senegal, M`Bour, Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2012 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Abacaecus walterrossii Allegro & Giachino, 2020 Holotype
Male adult
Sierra Leone, Eastern Province, near Lalehun, Gola Rainforest National Park, 2.XI.2013, Walter Rossi legit (CGi).
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

Harpostomus opulentus (Gory, 1833)
Male adult
Ghana Upper East prov., Navrongo env., 11-13.6.2006 (coll. A.Dostal)
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Abacetus (Abacetus) dahomeyanus Straneo, 1940 Paratype
Female adult

Copyright © MNHN

Abacetus (Abacetillus) flavipes C.G.Thomson, 1858
Unsexed
Cote d'Ivoire, 17 kilometers northwest Abidjan, 5.47172, -4.20311, 8 Oct 1971Gruwell, J. A.; det. Straneo
Copyright © Smithsonian NMNH

Abacetus (Abacetillus) ambiguus Straneo, 1969
Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi13-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Caelostomus (Drimostomellus) punctifrons (Chaudoir, 1850)
Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire Thiéviéssou 03-07-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Pseudoclivina grandis (Dejean, 1826)
Male adult
Senegal, M`Bour, Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 18.-20.X.1992.
det. P.Bulirsch, 2011
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2013
Size: 9,2 mm
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Ochyropus gigas Schiodte, 1847
Male adult
The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image from: Mal, N., Drumont, A., Kerkhof, S. & P. Grootaert, 2012. Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
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Thlibops longicollis (Putzeys, 1846)
Male adult
Mossaka, Congo - V-1980, Leg. Onore
Copyright © Vittorino Monzini

Clivina (Physoclivina) bulirschi Dostal, 2015 Holotype
Male adult
Burkina Faso: Sanguie, Foret de Sorobouli, 270m, 11°47' 44"N, 002°53' 25"O, 13.08.2005, F. Genier, zone soudanienne sud, piege lumineux, 2005–18 (in coll. Bulirsch, Prague). Scale bar 1 mm.
Copyright © Alexander Dostal

Clivina (Physoclivina) donabaueriana Dostal, 2015 Holotype
Male adult
Senegal, Niokolo Koba NP, 13°01.13'N, 13°18.48'W, 15.07.2004, Marek Halada leg. (in coll. Dostal, Vienna).
Copyright © Alexander Dostal

Afrosyleter rossii Bulirsch & Magrini, 2018 Holotype
Female adult
Sierra Leone, Eastern / Pr.; Gola Rainforest N.P. / nr. Lalehun, 20-23.xi.2015 / W. Rossi leg., (PBPC).
Copyright © Petr Bulirsch

Thlibops longicollis (Putzeys, 1846)
Unsexed

Copyright © Dmitri Fedorenko

Ochyropus gigas Schiodte, 1847
Male adult
Ghana, Kwahu, Mpraeso, V.2021, local collector 54,5 mm
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Dyschirius (Dyschiriodes) auriculatus Wollaston, 1867
Male adult
Senegal, M`Bour, 14 km south, Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. P.Bulirsch, 2010; 3.5 mm
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Eoclivina rolciki Bulirsch & Magrini, 2026 Holotype Paratype
Male+Female adult
Burkina Faso Nahouri / Forêt de Nazinga, Naguio / 270 m, 11°07´52´´N, 1°34´38´´O[=west], 24.vii.2006, zone soudanienne savane boisée, piège lumineaux, F. & S. Génier [leg.], 2006-66, (PBPC)
Copyright © Petr Bulirsch

Siagona europaea Dejean, 1826: 468
Male adult
Uzbekistan, Kashkadarjnsk Reg., env. Mubarek 5-8.VI.2004.
L=10.3 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Pogonus (Pogonus) minutus Dejean, 1828
Male adult
Pogonus senegalensis Dejean, 1831 det. M.Baehr, 2015. Size: 5,3 mm. Namibia, Etosha National Park, Okaukuejo, 1400 m leg. U.Schmidt, 18.-20.III.1994; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt