Carabidae image gallery
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Anthiinae taxon page (8 photos)
Anthia (Anthia) artemis Gerstaecker, 1884
Male adult
Tanzanie, Nyanza, 11.1988
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Eccoptoptera cupricollis Chaudoir, 1878
Male adult
Ethiopia, Illubabor prov., 15 km W Abobo 10.9.88
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Eccoptoptera cupricollis Chaudoir, 1878
Male adult
C Tanzania, SW env. of Dodoma City XII.2011 leg. A.Shubin L=18 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Cypholoba trilunata (Gerstaecker, 1884)
Male adult
Brit. O. Africa, Athi
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Macrocheilus spectandus Peringuey, 1904 Holotype
Male adult
Image from A. Serrano, 2023
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Macrocheilus spectandus Peringuey, 1904
Male adult
Tanzania, 9/13.XII.1997 near Songea, Ruvuma Prov. leg. Werner & Lizler. Image from A. Serrano, 2023
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Brachininae taxon page (5 photos)
Styphlomerus (Styphlomerus) placidus (Peringuey, 1896)
Male adult
Namibia, Etosha National Park, Okaukuejo, 1400 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 18.-20.III.1994;
det. M.Baehr, 2012
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
6,0 mm
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Brachinus (Metabrachinus) armiger Dejean, 1831
Male adult
10,0 mm
Namibia, Etosha National Park, Okaukuejo, 1400 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 18.-20.III.1994; det. M.Baehr, 2012
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Brachinus (Metabrachinus) connectus Dejean, 1831 Holotype
Male adult
Senegal
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Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) kersteni Gerstaecker, 1866
Male adult
Image from Écharoux & Roux, 2021
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Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) kersteni quadrimaculatus Hubenthal, 1914 Syntypes
Male adult
Image from Écharoux & Roux, 2021
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Carabinae taxon page (2 photos)
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
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Calosoma (Ctenosta) senegalense Dejean, 1831
Female adult
MADAGASCAR, Tulear Prov., nr. Tsimanampetsotsa NP, P. Schüle det.
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Cicindelinae taxon page (8 photos)
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
Habrodera nilotica (Dejean, 1825)
Female adult
Zambia, Nympala, South LuangwaNat Park, 20-30.7.2009. 10 mm; det. Anichtchenko A.
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Cylindera (Ifasina) octoguttata (Fabricius, 1787)
Male adult
Chad, Krim Krim. 10mm
Copyright © Bernard Lassalle
Calomera fimbriata imperatrix Srnka, 1891
Female adult
Tanzania, Magole vill., Mvomero Distr., Morogoro reg., 2-18.3.2009 G. Mpoyda leg. (cAA) 18 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Lophyra (Lophyra) neglecta intermediola (W.Horn, 1921)
Female adult
RSA, Maloti-Drakensberg NP, path to ferm Forest at Oqualweni river,3.12.2023, L. Minkina leg. (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2025
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Dryptinae taxon page (8 photos)
Drypta (Drypta) dentata (P.Rossi, 1790)
Male adult
Rostov Reg., Novocherkassk Distr., env. Krivjanskj 1-2.V.1997 I. Shokhin leg. L=7.8 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Drypta (Drypta) dentata (P.Rossi, 1790)
Male adult
Rostov Reg., Novocherkassk Distr., env. Krivjanskj 1-2.V.1997 I. Shokhin leg. L=7.8 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Galerita (Galerita) africana Dejean, 1825
Male adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux 18/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps
Galerita (Galerita) africana Dejean, 1825
Male adult
23 mm
Gambia, Serrekunda, environment Senegambia Beach Hotel, leg. U.Schmidt, 19.XI.1990;
det. M.Baehr, 2012
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Drypta (Drypta) ruficollis Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Ghana, Kumasi ad., Bobi ri, 6*41N 1*37W. det. S. Facchini, 2017
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Drypta (Drypta) neglecta Basilewsky, 1960
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire Lamto Toumodi 25-08-1971
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps
Drypta (Drypta) dentata (P.Rossi, 1790)
Female adult
Republic of Belarus, Brest region, south of vill. Tomashevka, southern outflow of the Okhryovsky reservoir, under the pine branches, h = 160 m, 51.538967° N, 23.604839° E, 16.10.2019, leg. V.A. Kuznetzov
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Harpalinae taxon page (22 photos)
Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) pulchellus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
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Siopelus (Aulacoryssus) aciculatus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux, 18/10/2010, Pascal Deschamps coll.
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Parophonus (Hyparpalus) holosericeus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing, piège lumineux, 18/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
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Xenodochus micans (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Sénégal, Nianing piège lumineux 14/09/09, Pascal Deschamps coll.
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Bradybaenus opulentus Boheman, 1848
Female adult
NAMIBIA, Oshana reg., 67,5 km NNW from Outjo, Toshari Lodge territory, H=1205 m S19°33.390' E15°52.679' 2-5.XII.2012 leg. E.Shankhiza
L=12.0 mm
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Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) pulchellus (Dejean, 1829)
Female adult
Size: 6,9 mm
Gambia, Serrekunda, environment Hotel Senegambia Beach, leg. U.Schmidt, 16.-22.XI.1990; det. M.Baehr, 2012
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2013
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
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
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Siopelus (Neosiopelus) punctatellus (Reiche, 1847)
Male adult
7,2 mm. Namibia, Outjo, 25 km south Okaukuejo, Ongave Lodge, 1000 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 21.III.1994; det. M.Baehr, 2012 Photo: U.Schmidt, 2014
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Stenolophus (Egadroma) elegantulus (Peringuey, 1892)
Male adult
4,3 mm; Kenya, Tsavo National Park, Voi Lodge, 500-600 m leg. U.Schmidt, 25.XI.1991; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016 det. Peter Schüle, 2019
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Siopelus (Aulacoryssus) pavoninus (Gerstaecker, 1867)
Male adult
9,3 mm; Kenya, Tsavo National Park, Kilaguni Lodge, 800 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 29.XI.1991; det. M.Baehr, 2014 as Aulacoryssus vermiculatus. Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
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Progonochaetus (Progonochaetus) vagans (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
12,2 mm; Senegal, M`Bour, environment Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2015; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
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Siopelus (Neosiopelus) melancholicus (Boheman, 1848)
Male adult
6,8 mm; Kenya, Tsavo National Park, Voi Lodge, 500-600 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 25.XI.1991; det. M.Baehr, 2014; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
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Siopelus (Aulacoryssus) pavoninus (Gerstaecker, 1867)
Female adult
BOTSWANA, 7.1.2010, 10km NE Martin´s Drift, P. Schüle det.
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Stenolophus (Egadroma) plagifer (Klug, 1853)
Male adult
3,9 mm. Kenya, Tsavo National Park, Voi Lodge, 500-600 m, leg. U.Schmidt, 24.-26.XI.1991; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016. det. P. Schüle, 2019
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Xenodochus micans (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
11,8 mm. Senegal, M`Bour, environment Club Aldiana, leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2014. Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
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Pseudodiachipteryx expansipennis Burgeon, 1936
Female adult
Mozambique, 18-19.XII.2005, Sofala Province, Gorongosa Res.; det. P. Schule
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Siopelus (Africobatus) harpaloides (Guerin-Meneville, 1847)
Male adult
RSA, Transvaal, Louis Trichardt, 17-19.I.1999. S. Facchini det. 2003 ; 7mm
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Omostropus mandibularis (Roth, 1851)
Female adult
RSA, Nothern prov., Louis Trichardt Ben Lavin Nat. Res., 29.I.2000. det. S. Facchini 2003. 8 mm
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Siopelus (Laparhetes) gracilis (Harold, 1879)
Female adult
ZAMBIA, 19./30.XI.14 NW Province\ Chimfunsi Wildlifereserve\ P. Schüle leg.
Copyright © Peter Schüle
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
Siopelus (Neosiopelus) punctatellus (Reiche, 1847)
Male adult
Zambia C., 70 Km N Lusaka, 8,5 mm
Copyright © Sergio Facchini
Parophonus (Hyparpalus) apodemus (Alluaud, 1934)
Male adult
Equatorial Guinea, Niefang, Mossumu, 11.5 mm;
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Lebiinae taxon page (14 photos)
Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Lebia (Nematopeza) biplagiata Motschulsky, 1864 (as dregei (Chaudoir, 1871)) Holotype
Male adult
dregei, Type, Cap
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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
Thyreopterus (Thyreopterus) bilunatus Burgeon, 1933 Holotype
Male adult
Kivu: Tshibinda, XI.1932 L. Burgeon
Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale (Belgium, Tervuren)
15 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
Orthobasis bicolor (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Comoe, Isakpin, VIII.1997. det. R. Sciaky
Copyright © Riccardo Sciaky
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
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
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Licininae taxon page (27 photos)
Stuhlmannium mirabilis Kolbe, 1894
Female adult
Burundi, Kayauza, 03.1986
38 mm
coll. A.Montes
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Procletus singularis Peringuey, 1896
Female adult
Zambia, 19.XI.2005
10 km E of Monze, Werner leg.
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Chlaenius (Leptorembus) varians Chaudoir, 1876 (f.typ.)
Male adult
Ethiopia, Wonchi mts., Ambo, 30.X.1988<br /> 13 mm<br /> photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.<br /> det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Leptorembus) varians Chaudoir, 1876
Male adult
Ethiopia, Wonchi Mts., Ambo, 30.X.1988
male, 12 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Callistoides) pulchellus Boheman, 1848
Male adult
Oman, Dhofar, Jabal al Qamar, 20 km W Al Mughsayl, 16*50'41,89N 53*41'10,14E, 19.9.2011, Richard Ambrus leg. det. E. Kirschenhofer, 2015
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Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) conradsi Kuntzen, 1913
Female adult
Museum of Paris
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Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) insignis erikssoni Péringuey, 1892
Male adult
MRAC
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Eccoptomenus eximius (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Mali, Prov. Koulikoro, Umgebung Kenieroba, 4.-7.6.2016, leg. Loc. Collector
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Parachlaenius (Euchlaenius) diacritus Alluaud, 1930 Holotype
Male adult
MNHN
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) cylindricollis Dejean, 1831
Male adult
RSA (MNH)
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Leptorembus) varians ruandanus (Basilewsky, 1956) Holotype
Female adult
MRAC
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) collarti Alluaud, 1933
Female adult
Central Afr. Rep.
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) platynoides Alluaud, 1934 Holotype
Female adult
MNHN
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) sulcipennis sulcatulus Boheman, 1848
Male adult
MRAC
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Euchlaenius trochantericus Kolbe, 1894
Male adult
Kenya: nr. Mt. Elgon (25 mm)
Copyright © Sciaky & Facchini, 2024
Procletus singularis Peringuey, 1896
Male adult
Zambia: Monze (22 mm)
Copyright © Sciaky & Facchini, 2024
Euchlaenius violaceus (Peringuey, 1899)
Male adult
Zambia: Serenje (19,5 mm)
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Orthogoniinae taxon page (1 photos)
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Panagaeinae taxon page (1 photos)
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Paussinae taxon page (8 photos)
Paussus (Edaphopaussus) procerus Gerstaecker, 1867
Male adult
Ethiopia, Oromia state, prov. Sidamo, 1284m, 110km NNW Moyale, N 03*51'14 E38*48'14, 15.4.2016. 11.5 mm. det. P. Nagel, 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Paussus (Edaphopaussus) procerus Gerstaecker, 1867
Male adult
Ethiopia, SNNPS, Gamo Gofa prov., 840m, Turmi env., N04*58,34 E36*30'57, 9-11.4.2016. 11.5 mm; det. P. Nagel, 2019
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Pterostichinae taxon page (5 photos)
Abacetus (Abacetus) nitens Tschitscherine, 1899
Female adult
Cote d'Ivoire, Lamto Toumodi, 20-08-1971
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Trechinae taxon page (2 photos)
Elaphropus (Sphaerotachys) fumigatus (Motschulsky, 1851)
Female adult
2,2 mm; Senegal, M`Bour, environment Club Aldiana leg. U.Schmidt, 8.-20.X.1992; det. M.Baehr, 2014; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Tachyura (Tachylopha) leleupi (Basilewsky In Basilewsky & Straneo, 1950)
Female adult
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