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

Cicindela (Ropaloteres) nysa nysa s.str.
Female adult
Benin, Djougou 03.1997
16 mm
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

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

Myriochila (Myriochila) peringueyi peringueyi
Female adult
Benin, Ndali, 3 km W of Sontou, 04-05.VII.2001, A. Kudrna jr. legit.; 10 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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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

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

Anthia (Termophilum) venator (Fabricius, 1792)
Male adult
Lybia, Tajura, 16.x.1981-J. Roggeman Leg., 50mm, Coll. N. Mal
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 voltae Basilewsky, 1947
Male adult
Haute Volat : Ouagadagoudou vii.1976 (Size : 35 mm) Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal

Drypta (Drypta) ruficollis Dejean, 1831
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) cyanea Castelnau, 1835 (as crampeli)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi 25-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Meladroma umbraculata (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi, 23-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Anthia (Termophilum) sexmaculata marginata Latreille, 1823
Male adult
Mauritania
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

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

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

Idiomelas (Egaploa) fulvipes (Erichson, 1843)
Male adult
7,6 mm. Kenya, Tsavo National Park, Voi Lodge, 500-600 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 24.-26.XI.1991; det. M.Baehr, 2014. Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Pseudodiachipteryx expansipennis Burgeon, 1936
Female adult
Mozambique, 18-19.XII.2005, Sofala Province, Gorongosa Res.; det. P. Schule
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

Siopelus (Laparhetes) gracilis (Harold, 1879)
Female adult
ZAMBIA, 19./30.XI.14 NW Province\ Chimfunsi Wildlifereserve\ P. Schüle leg.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Axinotoma hulstaerti Basilewsky, 1968
Male adult
Gabon, Makokou 7.7 km 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.10 mm. det. S. Facchini, 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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

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

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

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

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

Orthobasis bicolor (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Comoe, Isakpin, VIII.1997. det. R. Sciaky
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

Somoplatus substriatus Dejean, 1829
Male adult
RSA, North West, 25 km NW of Setlagole, 1-2.II.2003 (Collection R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

Dontolobus bivari Serrano, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Quebo (Coli)\ 28.06.1995\ Col. A. Serrano”\\ “A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Miss. Ent. SPEN\ à Guiné-Bissau\ 25 Junho a 17 Julho 95” \\ “Holotype male\ Dontolobus \ bivari n. sp.\ A. Serrano det. 2023. Image Serrano, 2024
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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 (Callistoides) tripustulatus (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Senegal, 25-28.VII.2008 Ziguinchor, Cap Skirring, Ph. Moretto leg.
male, 7 mm
det. P. Schüle
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Chlaenius (Chlaenionus) variolosus Kirschenhofer, 2008 Holotype
Female adult
Coll. Mus. Congo, Sudan français, Koutiala. Col. P. Basilewsky/colasi Basil. ssp. variolosus nov. P. Basilewsky, det., 19 in litt. (MRA). 13.5 mm
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Homalolachnus) morettoi Kirschenhofer, 2008 Holotype
Female adult
Ivory Coast, NE, Comoe National Park, X. 1998, leg. Philippe Moretto (MNS). 15 mm
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 (Nectochlaenius) laeticollis Chaudoir, 1876
Male adult
Niger (coll D. Wrase). det. E. Kirschenhofer
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Chlaeniodromus) tetraphacus Alluaud, 1918 Holotype
Unsexed

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Compsochlaenius) treichi Alluaud, 1916 Paratype
Male adult

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Callistochrous) baxii (Gory, 1833)
Male adult
Mali, Prov. Koulikoro, Kenieroba, Voronina, 10.6.2016, leg. Manfred Egger
Copyright © Peter Schüle

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

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 (Batillopaussus) batillarius Reichensperger, 1933
Male adult
F. d’Ahozon (Pahou), II 2002, 5 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 (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

Celioinkosa kivuana (Burgeon, 1935)
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Buderes oberti Murray, 1857
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

Diachipteryx paradoxa Alluaud, 1925
Female adult
Gabon, Ogooue-Ivindo prov., Makokou 5-9km SW, Ivindo NP., Ipassa forest res. st. 0.30.52N 12.48.21E 16.6.2016 D. Telnov. 8mm. 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.
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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

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