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 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) sexmaculata marginata Latreille, 1823
Male adult
Mauritania
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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notiobia (Diatypus) dohrnii (Murray, 1858)
Male adult
Gabon, Makokou 7.7km 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. 9 mm. det. S. Facchini, 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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

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

Progonochaetus (Progonochaetus) moestus (Chaudoir, 1878)
Male adult
RSA, KwaZulu-Natal, uPhongolo Municipalit, near Pongolopoort Dam 27°23'26"S 31°54'37"E 26-27.I.2026 leg. A. Rubenyan
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

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

Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet

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

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

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

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

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

Tilius subsericeus Chaudoir, 1876
Male adult
RSA Western Cape, Theerwaterskloof dam, 34.02S 19.12E, 21.x.2019 R. Kmeco leg (collection R. Kmeco). det. Anichtchenko A. 2025. 3.5 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

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 (Epomis) circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812: 166
Male adult
Italy, Puglia, S.Cataldo, Oasi WWF "Le Cesine" (LE),
29.VII.1995 F.Angelini leg.
male, 20 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
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 (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 (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 (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 (Epomis) circumscriptus Duftschmid, 1812: 166
Male adult
Russia: Astrakhan reg.: B.Bolkhuny (vall. riv. Akkhtuba)
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

Procletodema vicina Schüle, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
S-Guinea, Nimba\ Mts., Ziela station\ 545m, IIIVI/ 2017\ leg. Petranyi (private collection P. SCHÜLE, Herrenberg, Germany).
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Euchlaenius pseudoviolaceus (Kirschenhofer, 2008)
Male adult
Tanzania: (Iringa), Mafinga (CF).
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

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) 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 (Klugipaussus) latreillei Westwood, 1845
Male adult
F. de Niaouli, 03 XI 2012, 6 mm.
Copyright © Georg Goergen

Paussus (Katapaussus) sphaerocerus Afzelius, 1798
Male adult
Calavi IITA, 11 XI 1999, 8 mm.
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

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

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