Carabidae image gallery
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Bascanini taxon page (2 photos)
Bascanus gracilis Peringuey, 1896
Male adult
South Africa, 15 km E Vryheit 26.1.2008 P.Schule leg.
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Brachygnathini taxon page (20 photos)
Brachygnathus angusticollis Burmeister
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Kanindeyu, Armisticio, S24.34 W54.32 26-30.XI.2009
leg. U.Drechsel
photo, det. & coll. Anichtchenko A.
23 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Brachygnathus festivus (Dejean & Boisduval, 1830)
Female adult
Argentina, Cordoba province, h = 1000 m
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Brachygnathus festivus (Dejean & Boisduval, 1830)
Male adult
Argentina, Cordoba province, h = 1000 m
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Chaetogenyini taxon page (2 photos)
Chaetogenys straneoi Emden, 1958
Female adult
Paraguay, Chaco bajo, Prov. Presidente Hayes, Pozo Colorado env., 25-26.10.2009, Barries, Cate & Nagy leg.
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
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Chlaeniini taxon page (1268 photos)
Chlaenius (Dinodes) decipiens L. Dufour, 1820b: 326
Female adult
S Ukraine, Crimea, Bakhchisaraysk distr., near Bogatoe Ushchele vill. 04.VIII.2009, Shehovcov A. leg. L=13mm photo Panin R.
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Chlaenius (Epomis) deplanatus (Laferte-Senectere, 1851)
Female adult
Ethiopia, Gambilla prov., Alworo riv., 15 km W Abobo 14.IX.1988
22 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) impunctifrons Say, 1823
Male adult
Mackenzie Flight, SI-EOL Intern; TL Erwin Lab, NMNH
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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 (Callistoides) pulchriceps Fairmaire, 1901
Female adult
MADAGASCAR, Tulear Prov., nr. Tsimanampetsotsa NP, P. Schüle det.
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Chlaenius (Chlaeniodromus) tetraphacus Alluaud, 1918 Holotype
Unsexed
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Pseudochlaeniellus) puncticollis Dejean, 1826: 315
Male adult
N India, Uttarakhand, 22–23.04.2012, 8 km NW Jaspur, lake shore, 29°21’10.54”, 78°48’30.99”, Anichtchenko A. leg.” (cAA)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Pseudochlaeniellus) sobrinus Dejean, 1826
Male adult
N India, Uttarakhand, 23–26.04.2012, 5 km N Ramnagar, valley of Kosi riv., N 29°25'56.50", E 79°8'21.40", Anichtchenko A. leg.”
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Procletus subniger wrasei Sciaky & Facchini, 2024 Holotype
Male adult
Guinea, Nimba Mts., 545 m, Ziela St., 20.XI.2016, leg. G. Petranyi (CF). 17 mm
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Dercylini taxon page (9 photos)
Dercylus s.str.
Male adult
Peru, Madre de Dios Dep., 12°28'S 69°01'W, Rio Madre de Dios, ~30 km W Puerto MAldonado City 5-10.XII.1997 P.Oudovichenko leg.
L=14 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Dercylus (Licinodercylus) nodosus Moret In Moret & Bousquet, 1995 Paratype
Male adult
Ecuador, Provincia Zamora-Chinchipe, Valladolid, 2200 m, 20.VII.1988, P. Moret leg.
Copyright © Pierre Moret
Dercylus (Dercylus) steinbachi Kuntzen, 1912
Female adult
Paraguay San Pedro Puerto Rosario. 21mm det. A. Cicchino, 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Systolocranius curtus Basilewsky, 1949
Male adult
Kenya, Kibwezi, Tsavo Park, 1300m, XII.1989, Werner leg.; 20mm (Collection R. Sciaky)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Dercylus (Licinodercylus) catequili Giraldo-Mendoza, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
PERU, Cajamarca, Hualgayoc, Cerro Coymolache, 06°46'45.52"S, 78°36'57.97"W, 3500m, Puna grassland, pitfall traps, XI-2014, R. Sánchez coll. (MEKRB). Image from Giraldo-Mendoza, 2021
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Oodini taxon page (79 photos)
Oodes fluvialis Leconte, 1863
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
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
Brachyodes nigrita (Chaudoir, 1843)
Male adult
17,8 mm. Kenya, Mombasa, Diani Beach, leg. U.Schmidt, 9.-19.IV.1990; det. M.Baehr, 2014, Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Oodes desertus Motschulsky, 1858
Male adult
S Tadzhikistan, Kurgan-Tube reg., 20 km S Dzhilikul vill. 11.5.1999
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Neoodes tazieffi (Basilewsky, 1948) Holotype
Male adult
Coll. Mus. Congo, Mitwaba (Manono), H. Tazieff 1947, Col. P. Basilewsky
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Adelopomorpha tuberculata Will & Guéorguiev, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
NEW CALEDONIA Mt. Do 0.5km below summit, 28Jan2004G.B.Monteith// QM berleseate 1111 21°45'Sx166°00'E, rainforest, 950 m, sieved litter (MNHN). Image from Will & Guéorguiev, 2021
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Sundaoodes kalimantanensis Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020 Holotype Paratype
Male+Female adult
Holotype ♂, in teneral condition, ‘Borneo Exped. [w, h] // Dr. Hallier Mt. Liang Gagang Mrt. [=March] 94. [w, h]’ ( RMNH). Paratype ♀, ‘Dr. J. Buttikofr [=Biittikofer] Smitau [Semitau] Jan. 1894 [w, h/p]’ (RMNH).
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Coptocarpus amieuensis Will & Guéorguiev, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
21°33'36"S/165°45'20"E NEW CALEDONIA: Prov Sud. Col d’Amieu, 440m el, 4–16.iii.2007 headlamp search”// “EMEC1139863 (MNHN). Image from Will & Guéorguiev, 2021. Scale bar 1.0 mm
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Oodinus dessangesi Lemaire & Touroult, 2026 Holotype
Male adult
Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, forêt marécageuse de Belle Plaine, 16.2957N 61.5293W, collecteur PVB, 23-25/05/2025, B. Dessanges leg. (MNHN).
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Panagaeini taxon page (237 photos)
Epigraphus adoxus Basilewsky, 1967
Male adult
Botswana, 7.1.2010, 10km NE Martin's Drift, P. Schüle leg.; det. M. Häckel, 2014
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Panagaeus (Hologaeus) fasciatus Say, 1823
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Craspedophorus bouvieri bouvieri (Alluaud, 1915) (as Eudema decorsei)
Female adult
Central African Republic, Fort Crampel. Image from: Mal, N., Drumont, A., Kerkhof, S. & P. Grootaert, 2012. Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. det. M. Häckel, 2017
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Cintaromorpha dacatrai Häckel & Anichtchenko, 2016 Holotype
Male adult
Pakistan - Kagan V., Murree 2000 m c.a., 6. VII. 1986, C. Dacatra (cSD).
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Euschizomerus devagiriensis Jithmon & Sabu, 2018 Holotype
Female adult
India: Kerala: Calicut Dt., Devagiri (11°15'50.2"N 75°50'30.0"E), 25.V.2017, light, Divya M. (ZSI-Ca.)
Copyright © Sabu K Thomas
Adischissus samarensis Häckel, 2024 Holotype
Female adult
se Asia, e-Philippines, Eastern Visayas Region, northern Samar Is. Lope de Vega, VIII - 2005, lgt. loc. collector (cMH); 6.7 mm
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Peleciini taxon page (71 photos)
Pelecium (Pelecium) drakei Quedenfeldt, 1890 (or violaceum?)
Male adult
Paraguay, Dep. Boqueron, Estancia La Paz, S21.01 W59.47 2-4.I.2010, leg. U.Drechsel. det. & coll. Anichtchenko A. 2010. 18 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Dyschiridium belovi Fedorenko, 2014 Paratype
Male adult
S Vietnam, Dak Lak Prov[ince]. / Chu Yang Sin Nat[io]n[al]. Park, 12°222 403N 108°212113E / 1.5 km W of Chu Pan Phan Mt / h=1650 m [asl], 30.III–11.IV.2012 / leg. D. Fedorenko
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Eripus (Eripus) globipennis (Chaudoir, 1866)
Male adult
Mexico, Guerrero, Olinala, Cerro Ticulte, Xixila, Bosque de encino-pino a bote, 1661m, 17.9353, -98.8544, Feria, P., 9 Sep 2004
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Ardistomopsis andrewesi Straneo & Ball, 1989 Holotype
Male adult
Image from BMNH https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/37220a81-1e4a-4819-b1e7-7b62651b3ab3/1745715821100
Copyright © Beulah Garner
Ardistomopsis batesi Straneo & Ball, 1989 Paratype
Female adult
“India: Kerala: Eravikulam National Park: Umayamalai (10.173° N, 77.083° E), 25.V.2010, handpicking from forest litter, [leg.] Shiju T. Raj.” (Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Station, Kozhikode, Kerala, India). Image from Jithmon et al, 2025. (CAUTION! On image beetle is wider than in reality)
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Pelecium (Pelecidium) crenatostriatum Will, 2025 Holotype
Male adult
“01° 02’03”S 77° 39’49”W Ecuador, Napo Prov. Puerto Mishualli 9:IX:1997 Col. K. Will // [red paper] Holotype Pelecium crenatostriatum K. Will 2025 // UC Berkeley EMEC 347624”. Deposited in EMEC.
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