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) 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

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

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

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

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 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 © - - -

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
Copyright © - - -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Siopelus (Siopelus) microcephalus Facchini, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
Guinea, Seredou, lux, 4.5.1975, leg. Zott (MFNB).
Copyright © Sergio Facchini

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

Kareya tibiale (Laferte-Senectere, 1853)
Female adult
Cameroon. Scale 1 mm. Image from Kataev, 2015
Copyright © - - -

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

Calleida (Stenocallida) fasciata Dejean & Boisduval, 1829
Male adult
Sénégal, environs de Thivaouabe, battage 26/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

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

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

Orthobasis bicolor (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Comoe, Isakpin, VIII.1997. det. 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

Chlaenius (Aleptocerus) quadripustulatus Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Senegal, 25-28.VII.2008 Ziguinchor, Cap Skirring
P. Moretto leg.
female, 17 mm
det. P. Schüle
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A
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 (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

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

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

Chlaenius (Epomis) protensus protensus
Female adult
Mali, Prov. Koulikoro, Umgebung Kenieroba, 4.-7.6.2016, leg. Loc. Collector Kirschenhofer det. 2018
Copyright © Peter Schüle

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

Chlaenius (Afrochlaenius) acutecostatus Alluaud, 1933
Male 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. det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
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

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

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

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 (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 (Cochliopaussus) spiniceps Wasmann, 1904
Male adult

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

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

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

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

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

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