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) 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

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

Anthia (Termophilum) sexmaculata marginata Latreille, 1823
Female adult
Anthia (Thermophilum) sexmaculata pro marginata Latreille, 1823 Sudan
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

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

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 dromicarium (H.Kolbe, 1894)
Male adult
Benin. 13 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
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Prothymidia angusticollis angusticollis
Female adult
Tanzanie, Kibati Vill., Diangara, XII.2013. det. Anichtchenko A, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Dromicoida elegantia Werner, 1995
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Comoe, IV.2001 (Coll. R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

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

Habrodera nilotica (Dejean, 1825)
Female adult
Zambia, Nympala, South LuangwaNat Park, 20-30.7.2009. 10 mm; det. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Cratohaerea chrysopyga (W.Horn, 1892)
Male adult
Togo, Kloto. Mt. Kloto, V.2015 (Coll. R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky

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

Amblystomus jeanneli Basilewsky, 1948
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux 26/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Anomostomus torridus LaFerte-Senectere, 1853
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 30/01/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Bradybaenus scalaris Olivier, 1808
Male adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 14/09/2009 Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Parophonus (Hyparpalus) holosericeus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 18/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Platymetopus tessellatus Dejean, 1829
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 5/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

Progonochaetus (Progonochaetus) xanthopus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux 5/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

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

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

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

Hippoloetis lutea (Westwood, 1853) Holotype
Female adult
Abyssinie [Ethiopia], Coll. Chaudoir, MNHN-Paris
Copyright © MNHN

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

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

Lebia (Nematopeza) verisimilis Barker, 1919
Male adult
W Ethiopia, Kaffa province, 40 km W Bonga, 9-10.04.2007, 1850m, A. Kudrna jr. leg.
7 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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

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

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

Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Belarus, Brest reg.
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

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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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

Sphodroschema crampeli Alluaud, 1930
Male adult
RCI<br /> (c) Field Museum of Natural History
Copyright © Munetoshi Maruyama

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

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 (Amblygenius) martinbaehri Kirschenhofer, 2008
Male adult
Côte d'Ivoire, N, Comoé NP, research station "Camp an der Lola" env., savannah, leg. P. Hönle, X.2015, det. E. Kirschenhofer IV.2016
Copyright © Fabian Bötzl

Chlaenius (Nectochlaenius) laeticollis Chaudoir, 1876
Male adult
Niger (coll D. Wrase). det. E. Kirschenhofer
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Brachyodes nigrita (Chaudoir, 1843)
Male adult
17,8 mm. Kenya, Mombasa, Diani Beach, leg. U.Schmidt, 9.-19.IV.1990; det. M.Baehr, 2014, Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

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

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

Hylotorus bucephalus (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Male adult

Copyright © Georg Goergen

Carabidomemnus (Carabidomemnus) mollicellus C.A. Dohrn, 1880a: 151
Male adult
Pénélan, VI 2013, 8 mm
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) 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

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

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

Buderes oberti Murray, 1857
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Abacetus (Triaenabacetus) pubescens Dejean, 1831
Female adult
Kenya coast, 7.12.2007, E of Garsen, W of Witu. det. P. Schule; 11 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Platyxythrius contractus (Straneo, 1941)
Male adult
Gabon, Ogooue-Ivindo prov., Makokou 6km S, Ivindo NP., 0.30.58N 12.49.42E 20.6.2016 under rotten bark, leg D. Telnov. 9mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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) dahomeyanus Straneo, 1940 Paratype
Female adult

Copyright © MNHN

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

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