Carabidae image gallery
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Anillini taxon page (59 photos)
Anillinus affabilis (Brues, 1902) Lectotype
Male adult
Image from Sokolov I.M., Reddell J.R. & Kavanaugh D.H., 2014 Scale = 0.5 mm.
Copyright © Igor Sokolov
Cryptocharidius mandibularis M.Etonti & Mateu, 1992
Male adult
Peru, Dept. Ancash, Cordillera Blanca, Punta Olimpica Pass, m 4400 a.s.l., G. Allegro legit
Copyright © Gianni Allegro
Scotodipnus alpinus Baudi di Selve, 1871
Female adult
Piemonte, Valle Po, Crissolo (CN), 27.V.2000, 1250m, fagus, leg. F. Angelini
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Scotodipnus (Binaghites) armellinii (Ganglbauer, 1900)
Male adult
Veneto Italia
Copyright © Erminio Piva
Pelodiaetus nunni Sokolov, 2019 Paratype
Male adult
NZ, Canterbury, Ahuriri Scenic Reserve. 1.27 mm
Copyright © Igor Sokolov
Rhegmatobius quadricollis (Ehlers, 1883)
Unsexed
Majella, Abruzzo, Italy
Copyright © Vittorino Monzini
Rhegmatobius bastianinii Magrini & Casale, 2015 Paratype
Male adult
Italia, Lazio (LT) M.te S. Angelo, Formia, 1200m.
Copyright © Augusto Degiovanni
Nesamblyops tararua Sokolov, 2023
Male adult
Judd Ridge, Tararua Range, Wellington, NO
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Bembidarenini taxon page (14 photos)
Argentinatachoides balli Sallanave, Erwin & Roig-Junient, 2008
Male adult
Image from Sallenave, Erwin, and Roig-Juñent, 2008
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Andinodontis muellermotzfeldi Toledano & Erwin, 2010
Female adult
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Copyright © David Maddison
Argentinatachoides balli Sallanave, Erwin & Roig-Junient, 2008
Male adult
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Copyright © David Maddison
Tasmanitachoides erwini Maddison & Porch, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
Australia: Tasmania: River Forth at C136, 41.4712°S 146.1366°E, 126 m, 14.i.2019. DRM 19.012. D.R. Maddison & N.A. Porch. Scale bar 1mm
Copyright © David Maddison
Andinodontis maveetyae Erwin & Maddison, 2010 Holotype
Male adult
Perú: Cusco, Rocotal, 3.2 km E Tres Cruces, 13.1123° S, 71.5834° W, 2082 m, 27 June 2010 (S. MAVEETY) (MHN-UNSAAC: ADP124815)
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Bembidiini taxon page (1016 photos)
Bembidion (Plataphus) altaicum Gebler, 1833
Male adult
Primorie reg., Lazo distr., near Lazo vill. Lazovka riv. 20.06.04 leg. M.& L. Smirnov photo from www.zin.ru
Copyright © Maksim Smirnov
Bembidion (Peryphanes) dalmatinum dalmatinum Dejean, 1831
Female adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Bembidion (Zeplataphus) tairuense Bates, 1878
Male adult
Image from Larochelle A. & Larivière M.-C., 2015. Synopsis of the genus Bembidion Latreille in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini). Insecta Mundi 0415: 1–78
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Bembidion (Sloanephila) tahitiense Liebherr & Maddison, 2013 Holotype
Male adult
(MNHN): French Polynesia: Tahiti Nui / Mt. Mauru lava tube / el. 705 m 18-IX-2006 lot 01 / 17˚38.017´S 149˚21.284´W / pyr. fog moss/liverworts / along stream J.K. Liebherr // HOLOTYPE / Bembidion / tahitiense / Liebherr & / Maddison 2012 (black-bordered red label).
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Bembidion (Omoperyphus) hypocrita Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Spain, Jaen prov., Arroyo de la piedra del Aguila, 37.683885, -3.485062, 3-4.5.2014, Anichtchenko A. leg & det. (cAA)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Bembidion (Ocyturanes) dudichi Csiki, 1928
Male adult
Morocco, Great Atlas mts, 2200-2300m Oukaimeden env., 16.6.2010, Anichtchenko A. leg. (cAA). det. M. Toribio
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Bembidion (Semicampa) heydeni Ganglbauer, 1891
Male adult
Azerbajan, Shirvan NP, 39.40N, 49.11E, 23.6.2024 Lason A. leg. (cAA). 3.7mm; det. L. Toledano, 2026
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Horologionini taxon page (2 photos)
Horologion speokoites Valentine, 1932 Holotype
Male adult
"Arbuckle's Cave Maxwelton, W.Va. July 12 1931 J.M. Valentine / On bit of wet decaying wood, muddy floor of lower level / Type gen. Type sp. / U.S.N.M. Type 44255"
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Lissopogonini incertae sedis taxon page (7 photos)
Lissopogonus tonkinensis Zamotajlov & Sciaky, 1996: 40
Male adult
N Vietnam, Lao Cai Province 250 km from Hanoi bearing 310°, SaPa vill env., h~1250 Hoang Lien Son Nat. Park 27.VI-2.VII.1998 leg.A.Napolov
L= 4,8
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Lissopogonus cf. borneensis Baehr, 2001
Male adult
Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Miri div., Bario 10 km NE, 3 km N Pa Lungan, 7-8.III.2014, R. Cibulskis leg. det. A. Anichtchenko 2015
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Lissopogonus morvani Deuve, 2009
Female adult
Nepal, Kosi Mure, 2000-2100m, 27.30N 87.16E, 6-12.6.2001. 7 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2025
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Lissopogonus glabellus Andrewes, 1923
Male adult
Nepal, 12km NE Chainpur, 1400m, 29.36.17N, 81.17.54E, 28.6.2009. 5.8 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2025
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Lissopogonus glabellus laosensis Deuve, 2009
Male adult
Laos, Nong Khiaw vic, 20.553945, 102.622681, 1.V.2026, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. (cAA)
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Patrobini taxon page (75 photos)
Platidiolus vandykei Kurnakov, 1960
Female adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Penetretus temporalis Bedel, 1909
Female adult
Spain, Cadiz prov., Algeciras vic., h=50m, 36.080429, -5.428613, 11-12.05.2014, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Deltomerus (Deltomerus) jelineki Zamotajlov, 2001
Female adult
Iran Alburz prov Shemshak 2750m 12.06.17
Copyright © Jan Muilwijk
Penetretus nebrioides (Vuillefroy, 1866)
Male adult
SPAIN, Cantabria, 2 km E Puerto de San Glorio, near Vejo riv., 43.072369, -4.733061, 1300 m., 23.07.2019, A. Anichtchenko & R. Sciaky leg.; det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Himalopenetretus burangensis Yan, Shi & Liang, 2020 Holotype
Male adult
“Xizang, Ngari Pref., Burang County, Burang Town. N of Tinkar pass, alpine meadow. 30.2085N, 81.0661E, 4800m.”; “under stone, 2019. VII. 15, Shi HL lgt., Exp. BJFU 2019”; “DNA sample series number SHL2019--Xiz006”; “HOLOTYPE♂ Himalopenetretus burangensis sp. nov., des. YAN & SHI, 2020” [red label]. (IZAS). Image from Yan, Shi & Liang, 2020
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Troglopatrobus zhouchaoi Deuve, He & Tian, 2020 Holotype
Male adult
cave Lianhua Dong, Tangba Cun, Bailu Zhen, Pengzhou Shi, Chengdu, Sichuan, 31°10ʹ5852ʺN 103°56ʹ09.13ʺE, 1064 m in altitude, 20.VI.2019, leg. Li He, Yuan Li & Chao Zhou (SCAU). Image from Deuve, He & Tian, 2020
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Deltomerodes ovicollis Yan, H. Shi, Liang & J. Shi, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
Image from Yan, H. Shi, Liang & J. Shi, 2021
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Deltomerodes conaensis Yan, H. Shi, Liang & J. Shi, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
Image from Yan, H. Shi, Liang & J. Shi, 2021
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Penetretus andalusicus (Reitter, 1897)
Male adult
Spain, Sierra Nevada, Lagunillos de la Virgen, 2850m, 18.5.2005, A. Anichtchenko leg. & det (cAA)
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Pogonini taxon page (50 photos)
Cardiaderus chloroticus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)
Male adult
Volgogrda Area, Pallasovka Distr., N coast of Elton Lake, right bank of Khara River, 3 km upstream of the mouth, Salina on fl oodplain terrace 20.IX.2006 leg. K.Makarov
L=7.0
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Pogonistes rufoaeneus Dejean, 1828: 19 (Pogonus)
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Pogonus (Pogonoidius) cumanus Lutshnik, 1916c: 76
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Pogonus (Pogonus) orientalis virens Menetries, 1849
Female adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Diodercarus arrowi Lutshnik, 1931: 528
Male adult
Iran, Hormozgan province, Bandar Abbas env., 12.III.2015, S. Azadbakhsh leg.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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
Iranopogonus freyellus Jedlicka, 1959 Holotype
Male adult
Iran, Sistan va Baluchestan Province, Chabahar env., IX.1937, leg. Band (NHMB). Image of Matthias Borer (NHMB) from Azadbakhsh, 2019
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Pogonopsis pallida Bedel, 1898 Holotype
Male adult
Tunisia (MNHN) Image from Azadbakhsh, 2019
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Sirdenus (Sirdenus) filiformis (Dejean, 1828)
Male adult
Italie, Sardaigne, Sestu 11-05-1982
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps
Pogonus (Pogonus) syriacus Chaudoir, 1871
Female adult
Cyprus, Limassol distr., Akrotiri env, 7.4.2012 R. Ambrus leg. (cAA). 7 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2026
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Sinozolini taxon page (1 photos)
Phrypeus rickseckeri (Hayward, 1897)
Male adult
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Chaltenia patagonica Roig-Junent et Cicchino, 2001
Male adult
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Tachyini taxon page (170 photos)
Elaphropus (Barytachys) tripunctatus (Say, 1830)
Male adult
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Tachyura ascendens (Alluaud, 1917)
Female adult
TANZANIA, Kilimanjaro, Nkuansa, grassland,1660m, 3.7.2011, R. Felix det. as Elaphropus (Tachyura) exiguus (BOHEMAN 1848)
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Elaphropus (Nototachys) occidentalis Boyd & Erwin, 2016 Paratype
Male adult
Perú, Madre de Dios, Pakitza
Copyright © Terry Erwin
Tachys (Paratachys) scitulus Leconte, 1848
Male adult
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Copyright © David Maddison
Tachyura (Tachylopha) leleupi (Basilewsky In Basilewsky & Straneo, 1950)
Female adult
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Copyright © David Maddison
Tachys (Paratachys) fulvicollis (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
NW-Ukraine, Volhynia, Turiysk env ., into the light, 6.VII.2015, Voytko P. leg./ R.Panin det., L=3,3 мм
Copyright © Denis Khrapov
Micratopus anaisae Lemaire, 2021 Holotype
Female adult
Saint-Félix, commune du Gosier, Guadeloupe, 16.210 N, 61.461 O, J. M. Lemaire leg. 15/04/2016. (MNHN). Image from Lemaire, 2021
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Tachyura (Tachylopha) ovatus (Motschulsky, 1851)
Male adult
Laos central, Ban Gnang, Nam Nimboun riv., 17.958915, 104.746499, 20-24.XI.2025, Anichtchenko A. leg & det. (cAA). 2.2 mm
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Trechini taxon page (824 photos)
Boldoriella (Boldoriella) monguzzii inflata Monzini, 2005 Paratype
Female adult
Italia, Magasa BS, Prefon del Gas cave, 3/5/2003, V. Monzini leg.
Copyright © Vittorino Monzini
Aphaenops (Hydraphaenops) pandellei Linder, 1859: 72
Male adult
France, Pyrenei
Copyright © Vittorino Monzini
Adriaphaenops kevser Queinnec, Pavicevic & Ollivier, 2008
Male adult
Image from Lohaj & Delić, 2019 (photo courtesy of Dušan Beňo).
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Typhlotrechus bilimekii istrus J. Muller, 1926b: 144
Male adult
Slovenia, Obrov, Golac, Jama Polina peć, V-X.2004, Manfref Egger leg. L=9 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Birmaphaenops brehieri Deuve, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
Birmanie, État Shan, environs d’Ywangan, grotte Kyauk Khaung (“Stone Cave”), 21°11’28,2’’N - 96°33’9,4’’E (Franck Bréhier, 30.XI.2015, lot n°MY15-17/04), in coll. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.
Copyright © Thierry Deuve
Trechisibus (Trechisibiodes) valenciai M.Etonti & Mateu, 1992 Paratype
Male adult
Image from: Córdoba, Silvia Patricia, Sánchez, Francisco Rolando & Bezdjian, Laura Patricia, 2023, Types of Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) deposited at the entomological collection of Instituto- Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina
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Trechus (Abunetrechus) bipartitus Raffray, 1880
Male adult
Ethiopia, Amhara, Mt. Abuna Yosef, N-slope, 3800–3950 m, 12°07'52"N, 39°11'39"E, 4.III.2019, leg. D. Hauth, J. Schmidt, Yeshitla M., Yitbarek W
Copyright © Joachim Schmidt
Perileptus (Parablemus) cf cameroni Jeannel, 1923
Male adult
India, Uttarakhand, 8km NW Jaspur, lake shore, 22-23.4.2012, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. (cAA). 2.3 mm
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Zolini taxon page (32 photos)
Zolus subopacus Broun, 1915
Male adult
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Oopterus discoideus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017 Paratype
Female adult
“[NEW ZEALAND FD] Wolfe Flat 600m-680m (typed) / Turret Ra [= Range] (typed) / Manapouri Exp. Jan. 70 J. McBurney (typed) / moss (typed) 70/69. Scale bar 1mm
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Synteratus ovalis Broun, 1909
Unsexed
Scale bar 1mm
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Pseudoopterus otiraensis Larochelle & Larivière, 2017 Paratype
Male adult
NEW ZEALAND WD Arthur’s Pass NP, Kellys Creek x Otira River [= Kelly Creek near Otira River Junction] 4248S 17134E 350m 5.III. 2009 Larochelle and Larivière (typed) / Floodplain Podoc.-brleaf for. [= Podocarp-broadleaf forest] (Fuchsia-Horopito dom. [= dominant]): wet clayish soil. Under large, deeply embedded stones. Scale bar 1mm
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Maungazolus acutus Larochelle & Larivière, 2017 Paratype
Male adult
NEW ZEALAND FD Takahe Valley Murchison Mts [= Mountains] 11 Dec 1972 A.C. Eyles (typed) / Litter (typed) 72/271
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Pseudoopterus plicaticollis (Blanchard, 1843)
Male adult
Scale bar 1mm
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Merizodus soledadinus (Guerin-Meneville, 1830)
Male adult
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