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

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

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

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

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

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

Cicindela (Hipparidium) xanthophila W.Horn, 1894
Male adult
République Centrafricaine Boda Bombale Lobaye 01-06-2003
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps

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

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 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 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

Meladroma umbraculata (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi, 23-08-1971
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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Anomostomus torridus LaFerte-Senectere, 1853
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 30/01/2009, 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

Progonochaetus (Eudichirus) ochropus (Dejean, 1829)
Male adult
13,8 mm. Senegal, M`Bour, environment Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2015; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
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

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

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

Zolotarevskyella rhytidera (Chaudoir, 1876)
Male adult
Senegal (MNHN)
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

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

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

Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917)
Male adult
Gabon. det. Anichtchenko A. 2018
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Arsinoe aguiari Serrano, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
“Coli (Quebo) tombali \ Guiné-Bissau 17.07.2006 \ Col. A. Serrano\\ A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Holotype male\ Arsinoe \ aguiari n. sp.\ A. Serrano det. 2023” . Image Serrano, 2024
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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 (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

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

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 (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 (Chlaeniodromus) tetraphacus Alluaud, 1918 Holotype
Unsexed

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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