Anthia (Termophilum) venator (Fabricius, 1792)
Male adult
Lybia, Tajura, 16.x.1981-J. Roggeman Leg., 50mm, Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal

Anthia (Termophilum) galla galla J.Thomson, 1859
Unsexed
Congo : PNG, Mabanga, 20.ii.1952, Mission H. de Saeger, 27 mm, Coll. RBINS
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 voltae Basilewsky, 1947
Male adult
Haute Volta : Ouagadagoudou, vii.1976, 35 mm, Coll. N. Mal
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

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

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

Anthia (Termophilum) sulcata voltae Basilewsky, 1947
Female adult
Afr.: Fort Archambault
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Anthia (Termophilum) venator (Fabricius, 1792)
Endophallus
Libya: Tripoli env. Bengashir, III-IV.2004, leg. M.N. Medvedev
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

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

Lophyra (Stenolophyra) luxerii (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Camerun, Province Central IX.1998
11 mm
coll. A.Montes
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Cicindela (Elliptica) deyrollei deyrollei s.str.
Female adult
R.C.A. Lobaye 10.6.2007
20 mm coll. A.Montes
det. Schüle P.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Prothyma (Prothyma) concinna cursor Guerin-Meneville, 1849
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 16/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

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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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
Copyright © - - -

Euryarthron saginatum (W.Horn, 1912)
Male adult
NE Benin, E of Kandi, around Saa, 21-23.VI.2001, A. Kudrna jr.; 13.3 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
Copyright © - - -

Myriochila (Monelica) vicina vicina
Male adult
Benin, N of Natitingou, 9.2 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
Copyright © - - -

Cicindela (Ropaloteres) cincta Olivier, 1790
Male adult
Togo, foret de Kamboli, 03.2015. det. Anichtchenko A. 2018
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Drypta (Drypta) ruficollis Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Ghana, Kumasi ad., Bobi ri, 6*41N 1*37W. det. S. Facchini, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Dendrocellus australis (Peringuey, 1896)
Female adult

Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

Drypta (Drypta) neglecta Basilewsky, 1960
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire Lamto Toumodi 25-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

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

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

Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) pulchellus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Siopelus (Aulacoryssus) aciculatus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 18/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Loxoncus (Loxoncus) cf basilewskyi (Lecordier, 1978)
Female adult
Sénégal, Niokolo Koba Simenti, piège lumineux, 11/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.; det. S. Facchini, 2026
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

Notiobia (Diatypus) dohrnii (Murray, 1858)
Male adult
Gabon, Makokou 7.7km SW, Ivindo NP, Ipassa forest research s., 0*30.52N 12*48'21E, 21-22.6.2016, secondary lowland rainforest, MV light, D.Telnov leg. 9 mm. det. S. Facchini, 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Acupalpus (Stenolophidius) pallidus (Boheman, 1848)
Male adult
3.2 mm; Senegal, M`Bour, 14 km S, Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. Facchini, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

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

Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet

Zolotarevskyella rhytidera (Chaudoir, 1876)
Male adult
Senegal (MNHN)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Metallica viridipennis Chaudoir, 1872
Male adult
Gabon, Bas - Ogooue
compared with Type by Basilewsky
Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale (Belgium, Tervuren)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Archicolliuris ? senegalensis (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, light trap, 24/IX/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Probably Archicolliuris dimidiata, comment Anichtchenko, 2014
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Paraglycia rufula (Gory, 1833)
Male adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Tetragonoderus (Tetragonoderus) viridicollis Dejean, 1829
Female adult
Sénégal, Dindefelo, piège lumineux 11/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Lichnasthenus armiventris J.Thomson, 1858
Female adult
Congo. 3 mm. det. S. Facchini 2016
Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Lophidius testaceus Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Cote D'Ivoire, Comoe, IX.1998, Termitieres, P. Moretto leg.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Tilius subsericeus Chaudoir, 1876
Male adult
RSA Western Cape, Theerwaterskloof dam, 34.02S 19.12E, 21.x.2019 R. Kmeco leg (collection R. Kmeco). det. Anichtchenko A. 2025. 3.5 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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 (Epomis) deplanatus (Laferte-Senectere, 1851)
Female adult
Ethiopia, Gambilla prov., Alworo riv., 15 km W Abobo 14.IX.1988
22 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Chlaenius (Chlaenius) senegalensis Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Senegal, Pette cote, Nianing, 14°19'05.45''N, 16°55'35.86''E, 16.IX.2009, P. Deschamps coll.
L=17 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin

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

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

Chlaenius (Epomis) circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812: 166
Male adult
Russia: Astrakhan reg.: B.Bolkhuny (vall. riv. Akkhtuba)
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Harpaglossus laevigatus (Dejean, 1828)
Male adult
Senegal, Richard Toll, 7-10.8.2008 Moretto leg. (cAA) 18 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Euchlaenius schuelei Sciaky & Facchini, 2024 Holotype
Male adult

Copyright © Sciaky & Facchini, 2024

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

Calathocosmus mirus Emden, 1928
Male adult
Togo, Blifou, 5.2010, W. Lorenz det.
photo Peter Schüle
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Microcosmodes symei (Murray, 1857)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Microcosmodes symei (Murray, 1857)
Male adult
Ghana, Kakum N.P. (office), 5.21N 1.23W, 27-28.3.2010 . 7.5 mm; det. M. Häckel 2026
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Cerapterus horni Reichensperger, 1925
Male adult
Calavi IITA, 14 VI 1994, 11 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Heteropaussus quadricollis (Wasmann, 1910)
Male adult
Natitingou, III 1997, 11 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 (Batillopaussus) batillarius Reichensperger, 1933
Male adult
F. d’Ahozon (Pahou), II 2002, 5 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 (Cochliopaussus) spiniceps Wasmann, 1904
Male adult

Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Katapaussus) thomsonii Reiche, 1860
Female adult
Morocco, Agdz vill area, N30.40.50, W006,25.12, 26.6.2010, Anichtchenko A. leg. (cAA). 7 mm; det. M. Bednařík, 2025
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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

Celioinkosa kivuana (Burgeon, 1935)
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

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

Dromistomus complanatus (Bates, 1889)
Male adult
Gabon, Ogooue-Ivindo prov., Makokou 5-9km SW, Ivindo NP., Ipassa forest res. st. 0.30.52N 12.48.21E, 2--21.6.2016 D. Telnov. 9.5 mm. det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Abacetus (Abacetus) treichi Alluaud, 1935
Male+Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire Lamto Toumodi 12-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Abacetus (Abacetus) gagates Dejean, 1828
Male+Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire Lamto Toumodi 23-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

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

Pseudoclivina mandibularis (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Size: 9,1 mm
Location: Gambia, Serekunda, environment Senegambia Beach Hotel
leg. U.Schmidt, 16.-22.XI.1990; det. P.Bulirsch, 2011
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2013
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.
Copyright © - - -

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

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