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) 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 voltae Basilewsky, 1947
Male adult
Haute Volat : Ouagadagoudou vii.1976 (Size : 35 mm) Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal

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

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

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 (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

Euryarthron dromicarium (H.Kolbe, 1894)
Male adult
Benin. 13 mm. Image from ARNOŠT KUDRNA & PHILIPPE LE GALL, 2014
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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 © - - -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lachnothorax pustulatus (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Oman, Dhofar, Jabal al Qamar, 20 km NW Dhalqut, 16*42'39.31N 53*9'12.60E, 21.9.2011, Richard Ambrus leg.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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

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

Aristolebia lemoulti (Basilewsky, 1948)
Male adult
Ghana, Kakum NP. 5.12N 1.23W 25.3.2010 (cAA) 8mm. det. by S. Facchini as L. coptoderopsis or L. lemoulti
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Catascopus (Catascopus) beauvoisi beauvoisi
Female adult
Gabon, Ogooue-Ivindo prov., Makoku 5-9km SW, Ivindo NP, Ipassa forest 0.30.52N 12.48.21E 18-19.6.2016, D. Telnov leg.; Anichtchenko A. det 2021; 13mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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

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

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

Chlaenius (Afrochlaenius) acutecostatus Alluaud, 1933
Male adult
Cameroon
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Chlaenius (Compsochlaenius) treichi Alluaud, 1916 Paratype
Male adult

Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Pleroticus) buquetii buquetii
Male adult
Central African Republic
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

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

Euchlaenius pseudoviolaceus (Kirschenhofer, 2008)
Male adult
Tanzania: (Iringa), Mafinga (CF).
Copyright © Sciaky & Facchini, 2024

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

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 (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 (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) 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

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

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

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

Abacetus (Abacetus) dahomeyanus Straneo, 1940 Paratype
Female adult

Copyright © MNHN

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

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