Carabidae image gallery
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Brachininae taxon page (7 photos)
Brachinus (Brachynolomus) sclopeta (Fabricius, 1792)
Male adult
S Bosnia, Mostar; 6mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Brachinus (Brachinus) crepitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Brachinus (Brachynolomus) explodens Duftschmid, 1812
Female adult
Bulgaria Chernomorets, 24.11.2006, A. Anichtchenko leg. & det.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Brachinus (Brachinus) crepitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Female adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, Sykhiv (Zubra) forest, 49.791889, 24.047417, 13.VII.2024, Panin R. leg.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin -
Broscinae taxon page (4 photos)
Miscodera arctica Paykull, 1798: 85
Male adult
SW Tuva, West Tannu-Ola Mt.R., valley of Chas-Adyr Riv. near mouth of Bol.Bug Riv., h~1620 13.VI.2007 R.Dudko leg.
L=7.0 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Broscus cephalotes (Linne, 1758)
Female adult
L=21,1 mm
FINLAND, Uusimaa, Rayskala env., 21-31.VII.2008
leg. & det. Ovsiannikov I.
photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko -
Carabinae taxon page (175 photos)
Carabus (Tachypus) auratus brunieri Barthe, 1921
Male adult
SC-FRANCE, Aude, Rennes les Bains, 6.VII.1989, Sunard A. leg., 26mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Carabus (Limnocarabus) clathratus auraniensis Muller, 1902
Female adult
SW Slovakia, Bratislava env., IV.2004, Krause Rene leg.
L=32 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Calosoma (Campalita) auropunctatum auropunctatum Herbst, 1784: 131
Female adult
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Carabus (Platycarabus) fabricii fabricii (as fassatii Smetana, 1955)
Male adult
C-Slovakia:Nízke Tatry Mts., 4.VI.2011, Krause Rene leg.
L=19 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Carabus (Procerus) gigas gigas Creutzer, 1799
Male+Female adult
N Croatia, Ivanščica Mts , Ivanec, 4-18.VI.2011, Krause Rene leg.
female, 54 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Cychrus attenuatus attenuatus Fabricius, 1792
Male+Female adult
W.UKRAINE, NE Carpathians,
Lviv Reg., Skole distr., Skolivski Beskidy Mts. Zelemyanka Mt.Range h=700m, 26.V -1.VII.2010, Panin R. leg.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Carabus (Chrysocarabus) auronitens auronitens Fabricius, 1792
Male adult
C-Poland, Łódź sity, Łagiewniki Forest, in dead logs of Birch, 18-30.XII.2013, D. Nawak leg., L=25 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Carabus (Morphocarabus) scheidleri (as floriani Penecke, 1905)
Male adult
SE-Austria, Styria, Gratwein Kehrerwaldh=580 m, 47.130800, 15.270800, VI-VII.2025, P. Fritz leg., L=31 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Carabus (Morphocarabus) scheidleri bergeri Peeters & I.Rapuzzi, 2025
Endophallus
W-Austria,Tyrol, Vergötschen (Kaunertal), Feichten, h= 1300 m
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Carabus (Tachypus) cancellatus excisus Dejean, 1826
Female adult
W-Czech, Plzeň Reg, Újezd nade Mží vill.,10.VI.2014, L=25.5 mm
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Cicindelinae taxon page (21 photos)
Calomera littoralis nemoralis Olivier, 1790
Male adult
UKRAINE,
Kherson Reg.,Genitchesk Distr., near Tehongar st., Kujuktuk isl., on saline 8-9.V.1995 Mishustin R. leg.
16 mm.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Cylindera (Cylindera) germanica germanica s.str.
Male adult
CZ, CE Moravia, Zlín; 9mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Cylindera (Eugrapha) arenaria viennensis (Schrank, 1781)
Female adult
CZ, C Moravia, Přerov; 9mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Cicindela (Cicindela) gallica Brulle, 1834
Male adult
France, Alpes maritimes, St. Martin Vesubie, Valdeboire, 2300 m, B. Thumser leg. 02.07.2013
Copyright © Fabian Bötzl
Cylindera (Cylindera) germanica germanica (ab. obscura Fabricius, 1798)
Male adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, Sykhiv, 19.VI.2017, R. Panin leg. L=12 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Cylindera (Cylindera) germanica germanica (aberrant)
Male adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, Sychiv, waste-ground, 49°47'29"N 24°3'18"E, 9.VI.2017, R. Panin leg.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Cylindera (Eugrapha) arenaria viennensis (Schrank, 1781)
Female adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, Holosko cemetery, on sands, 24.VII.2023, R.Panin leg., L=12 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Cylindera (Eugrapha) arenaria viennensis (Schrank, 1781)
Male adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, Holosko cemetery, on sands, 24.VII.2023, R.Panin leg.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Cicindela (Cicindela) sylvicola Dejean, 1822
Female adult
W Ukraine, Podolian Upland, Gologory range, Mt Khom h=410 m, 49.681278, 24.279111, 16.VI.2025, Ludmyla Panina leg.
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Dryptinae taxon page (8 photos)
Polistichus connexus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Male adult
length: 7-9 mm
Korsika, Ghisonacia
leg. U.Eitschberger, 1987; det. U.Schmidt, 1994
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2008
Copyright © U.Schmidt
Zuphium olens (P.Rossi, 1790)
Male adult
Volgograd Reg., Pallas Distr., Elton Vill., on UV-light 27-30.VI.2006 K.Makarov leg.
L=8.7 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
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Elaphrinae taxon page (18 photos)
Elaphrus (Elaphroterus) ullrichii W. Redtenbacher, 1842
Male adult
Slovakia
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Elaphrus (Neoelaphrus) uliginosus Fabricius, 1792
Male adult
SK, SC Slovakia, Veľký Krtíš
8mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Elaphrus (Elaphroterus) ullrichii W. Redtenbacher, 1842
Female adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, Peatbog Bilogorshcha, sandy bank of lake, 3.V.2016, R.Panin leg., L=8,1 мм
Copyright © Denis Khrapov
Elaphrus (Elaphroterus) aureus aureus P.W.J. Muller, 1821
Male adult
Germany, Westfalen, Greven-Schmedehausen 14.5.2006 leg. C Kerkering (DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Elaphrus (Neoelaphrus) cupreus Duftschmid, 1812
Male adult
NE Kazakhstan, Saur Mt rng., Sargar Mt., 2100m, 12.6.2000 (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2025
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Elaphrus (Elaphrus) riparius (Linne, 1758) rare color
Female adult
S Siberia, Irkutsk distr., Mamony vill. vic., lake, 11.6.1997, Anichtchenko A. leg & det. (cAA).
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Harpalinae taxon page (141 photos)
Gynandromorphus etruscus etruscus Quensel, 1806
Male adult
S Ukraine,
Krym Peninsula,Kizil-Koba,15.IV.2009, Shaporinskiy V. leg.
L=10.5mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Harpalus (Harpalus) affinis (Schrank, 1781)
Female adult
RUSSIA, Tver reg., Likhoslavlskiy distr., 900 m to NW from Domanikha village, grassland. H=161 m. N57*13.964’ E035*45.033’ 7-15.VII.2005 leg., det. & photo - Vlasenko A. S. L=10,4 mm
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko
Pangus scaritides (Sturm, 1818)
Male adult
SK, S Slovakia, Velké Kosihy; 8mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Harpalus (Cephalophonus) cephalotes Fairmaire & Laboulbene, 1854
Male adult
SE Bulgaria, Primorsko; 16mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Harpalus (Harpalus) caspius (as roubali Schauberger, 1928)
Male adult
Moravia, Kobylí; 11 mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Ophonus (Hesperophonus) azureus (Fabricius, 1775)
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Ophonus (Metophonus) rufibarbis (Fabricius, 1792)
Female adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Ophonus (Metophonus) rupicola (Sturm, 1818)
Male adult
Russia, NW Caucasus, Krasnodar reg., Taman env., 23.4.2000 (DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Harpalus (Acardystus) flavescens (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)
Male adult
Image from Kataev, 2023
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Lebiinae taxon page (82 photos)
Demetrias (Demetrias) atricapillus Linne, 1758: 416
Male adult
length: 4,5-6 mm
Holland, Beek Gld.
leg.det. W.Veldkamp, 1971
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2008
Copyright © U.Schmidt
Dromius (Dromius) quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Male adult
length: 4,3-6,1 mm
Germania, Bayern, Oberfranken, Selbitz
leg.det. U.Schmidt, 2002
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2008
Copyright © U.Schmidt
Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Odacantha (Odacantha) melanura Linne, 1767
Male adult
Moskow Reg., Istra Distr., env. Polevstschina Vill. 15.VI.2006 Konoshenko leg.
L=7.0 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Cymindis (Cymindis) humeralis (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)
Female adult
det. Makarov K.
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Masoreus (Masoreus) wetterhallii wetterhallii (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Male adult
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Paradromius (Paradromius) longiceps (Dejean, 1826)
Female adult
W-Ukraine, Lviv Reg., Mykolaiv distr., SE of Veryn vill., bank of Oxbow Dniester riv. winkler extractor, 01.II.2020, Khrapov D. leg. L=6,2 mm
Copyright © Denis Khrapov
Calodromius spilotus (Illiger, 1798)
Female adult
W Ukraine, Lviv city, forest Bilogorshcha (W part), under bark Pínus sylvéstris,24.XI.2017, Panin R leg., L= 3.9mm
Copyright © Denis Khrapov
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Licininae taxon page (34 photos)
Callistus lunatus lunatus Fabricius, 1775: 247 (Carabus)
Male adult
Calistus lunatus lunatus F., 1775
length: 7,1 mm
West Kazakhstan, Ural river valley near Ural'sk town
4.05.1986
F.G.Bidashko leg.,
Copyright © Evgeniy Zinoviev
Oodes helopioides helopioides (Fabricius, 1792)
Male adult
W. UKRAINE,
Ternopol Reg., Pidvolochisk distr., forest Bogdanivskyi, 24.V-15.VI.08 Panin R. leg.
long =9.5 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) tibialis Dejean, 1826: 352
Male adult
W Ukraine,
Lviv Reg., Zhydahciv distr., near Borodchytsi vill., the bank of Dniester river, 11-13.VIII.2010
Panin.R. leg.
male, 12mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) vestitus (Paykull, 1790)
Female adult
L=11,9 mm
MOLDOVA, Sakharna settl. Env. 30.VII.2007
leg. & det. Zubov A.
photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko
Callistus lunatus lunatus Fabricius, 1775: 247 (Carabus)
Female adult
L=6,2 mm
RUSSIA, Stavropol reg., Mineralovodskiy distr., 2,4 km to SW from sovkhoz Zheleznovodskiy, in ravine. h=654 m. N44*08.186’ E042*57.648’ 15-19.V.2006
leg., det. & photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) festivus velutinus Duftschmid, 1812: 168
Unsexed
Morocco : Oued Fourat, 13.xi.1960, 16 mm, Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal
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Loricerinae taxon page (3 photos)
Loricera (Loricera) pilicornis pilicornis Fabricius, 1775: 293
Female adult
L=7,4 mm
RUSSIA, Moscow city, East distr., 9/2 Khimushina str., frontgarden, under stone. 17.II.2002
leg., det. & photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko
Loricera (Loricera) pilicornis (Fabricius, 1775)
Female adult
det. K. Makarov
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Nebriinae taxon page (39 photos)
Leistus (Leistus) ferrugineus Linne, 1758
Male adult
Moskow Reg., Istra Distr., E shore of Istrinskoe Reserv., Novorakovo Vill. 16.IX.2007 K.Makarov leg.
L=6.8 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Nebria (Nebria) hellwigii hellwigii Panzer, 1803
Male adult
NE Italy, Bolzano reg., Zirog, Mt. Schlüsseljoch, VII.1988, Manfed Egger leg.
L=13 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Notiophilus rufipes Curtis, 1829: pl. 254
Female adult
NW Caucas, Krasnodar reg., Tuapse distr., Podkhrebetovoe vill. vicinity, 19.V.2012 leg. M. Smirnov
Фотография с сайта www.zin.ru\Animalia\Coleoptera. Автор - М.Э. Смирнов
Copyright © Maksim Smirnov
Nebria (Eunebria) jockischi jockischii Sturm, 1815
Male adult
SE France, Alpes-Maritimes, Mt. Col de Turini h=1500m, Graben SW, 18.VIII.2005, Manfred Egger leg.
L= 13 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Leistus (Leistus) piceus piceus Frolich, 1799
Female adult
CZ, NE Moravia, Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts.; 9mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Nebria (Alpaeonebria) fasciatopunctata L. Miller, 1850: 12
Female adult
NE Slovenia, Pohorje Mts., Ruše; 10mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Nebria (Eunebria) picicornis picicornis Fabricius, 1801
Male adult
CZ, NE Moravia, Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts.; 13mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Nebria (Nebria) dahlii dahilii Duftschmid, 1812: 50
Male adult
NW Slovenia, Trnovski Gozd Mts.; 8mm
Copyright © Aleš Sedláček
Nebria (Oreonebria) castanea castanea Bonelli, 1810
Male adult
NW Italy, Piemonte, Cuneo prov., Crissolo env., 17.VI.1989, L. Diotti legю L=10 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
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Omophroninae taxon page (1 photos)

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Panagaeinae taxon page (3 photos)
Panagaeus (Panagaeus) bipustulatus Fabricius, 1775: 247
Male adult
L=7,9 mm
RUSSIA, Moscow reg., 1 km to SE from Kolomna city, E coast of the Chernaya river. H=83 m. N55*03.849’ E038*54.133’ 24.VI-1.VII.2005
leg., det. & photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko -
Platyninae taxon page (92 photos)
Agonum (Olisares) lugens (Duftschmid, 1812)
Male adult
Volgograd Reg., Pallasovka Distr., N shore of Elton Lake, right bank of Khara River 3.V.2009 leg.K.Makarov
8.8 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)
Male adult
W. UKRAINE
Lviv city, park Znesinnja 16.IV.2008, leg. Panin R.
8mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Calathus (Neocalathus) ambiguus ambiguus Paykull, 1790: 130
Female adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Laemostenus (Pristonychus) terricola terricola (Herbst, 1784)
Female adult
Belarus, Vitebsk reg., Vitebsk distr., vill. Novoselki
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Calathus (Neocalathus) cinctus Motschulsky, 1850
Male adult
Italy, Calabria, Cosenza, Amendolara 7.11.2024 (DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Laemostenus (Pristonychus) terricola terricola (Herbst, 1784)
Male adult
Latvia, Aglona 14.8.1994 Barsevskis A. (DUBC). 15.5 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko -
Pterostichinae taxon page (211 photos)
Amara (Paracelia) quenseli Schonherr, 1806
Male adultCanada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Pterostichus (Oreophilus) variolatus variolatus Dejean, 1828
Male adult
S Slovenia, Ilirska Bistrica, Snežnik Mts,15-28.VI.2009, Manfred Egger leg.
L=19 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Pterostichus (Melanius) aterrimus aterrimus (Herbst, 1784)
Male adult
W Ukraine, Lviv, Holosko, bank of Natural lake, 24.V-8.VII.2016, Panin R. leg. L=15 mm.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Pterostichus (Cryobius) pumilio (Dejean, 1828)
Male adult
Spain, Navarra, Sierra de Aralar, 9.5.2006, Altxueta, 1000m, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Pterostichus (Bothriopterus) oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Male adult
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Pterostichus (Platypterus) panzeri (Panzer, 1803)
Female adult
Austria, 47.32N 14.30E, path to Sparafeld Mt, 18.6.2017, L. Minkina leg (cAA) 14 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Amara (Celia) praetermissa (C.R. Sahlberg, 1827)
Female adult
W Ukraine, NE Carpathians, Skole Beskids Mts, Grabnyk Rng h=670 m, 16.VII-3.IX.2021, Khrapov D. leg./ Panin R. det., L=8.1 mm
Copyright © Denis Khrapov -
Scaritinae taxon page (18 photos)
Clivina (Clivina) fossor fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Male adult
L=5,3 mm
RUSSIA, Moscow city, SW distr., Jasenevo, Bitcevskiy les, under tree. 19.V.2000
leg., det., photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko
Dyschirius (Dyschirius) obscurus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Female adult
Voronezh Reg., Gribanovo Distr., Tellerman, right bank of Khoper River 18.VIII.2010 leg. A.Zaitsev
L=3.5 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Dyschiriodes (Dyschiriodes) agnatus Motschulsky, 1844: 79
Male adult
W Ukraine, NE Carpathians, Lviv reg., Stryi distr., near Rozgirche vill., bank of Stryi river, 18.VI.2021, D.&O. Khrapov leg./det. R. Panin L=5mm
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Trechinae taxon page (145 photos)
Bembidion (Eurytrachelus) laticolle (Dufischmid, 1812)
Female adult
Orenburg Reg., Ilek Distr., Ilek env., valley of Ural Riv., beach 28.VII-8VIII.2005 S.Vastschenko leg.
L=6.2 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Bembidion (Eupetedromus) dentellum (Thunberg, 1787)
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Bembidion (Trepanes) octomaculatum (Goeze, 1777)
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Bembidion (Peryphanes) dalmatinum dalmatinum Dejean, 1831
Female adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Bembidion (Ocydromus) transsylvanicum Bielz, 1852
Male adult
W Ukraine, NE Carpathians, Transcarpathian Reg., Marmarosh Mts., near Lug vill., bank of Kuziy (Kizi) stream, 400m, 26.IV.2014, Panin R. & Kanarsky Yu. leg. L= 5 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Anophthalmus gobanzi gobanzi Ganglbauer, 1911: 237 (Trechus)
Female adult
Austria, Carinthia, Vellachtal, Paulitschsattel env., 3.VI. 1989, M. Egger leg. L=4 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Bembidion (Bembidionetolitzkya) conforme Dejean, 1831
Male adult
W Ukraine, NE Carpathians, Tiachiv distr., h~400 m, bank of stream Mala Ugolka, 23.VI.2016, Panin R. leg.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Bembidion (Emphanes) tenellum Erichson, 1837
Male adult
Siberia, Irkutsk reg., Alar vill., saline, 23.6.1997, Anichtchenko A. leg. (cAA). det. L. Toledano 2026
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

