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 (1257 photos)
Procletus singularis Peringuey, 1896
Female adult
Zambia, 19.XI.2005
10 km E of Monze, Werner leg.
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Chlaenius (Ocybatus) aspericollis Bates, 1873a: 248
Male adult
China,Taiwan Pro., 2008.VI.8;<br /> det. & photo by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Holosoma weigoldi (Heller, 1923)
Female adult
China, N Sichuan, near Venchuan, 2000m, 17.VI.2010, A. Gorodinski leg.
det. Anichtchenko 2013
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) flaviguttatus W.S. Macleay, 1825
Male adult
Tahiti, Ste Amelie, 2014. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2015
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Haplochlaenius) sabahensis Kirschenhofer, 1998
Male adult
det. Anichtchenko A. 2018
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Procletodema telnovi Schüle, 2021 Holotype
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.; 18 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Eurydactylus) aurolimbatus (Laferte-Senectere, 1851)
Male adult
Mex. Oaxaca, Hwy 200,km133, 6km NW Puerto Escondido, shaded parts of coarse sandy road in thorn scrub, 25.6.1993, J.A. Shetterly leg. (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Oochlaenius) scutellaris Harold, 1880
Female adult
Tanzania, Morogoro reg., Uluguru Mt. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2021
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) kindermanni Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
,W Ukraine, Ivano-Frankovs reg., Gorgany Mts., Yaremche distr., bank of Zelenytsya river, h=700m. 24.VI.2008, L=12 mm
Copyright © Ruslan Panin
Harpaglossus laevigatus (Dejean, 1828)
Male adult
Senegal, Richard Toll, 7-10.8.2008 Moretto leg. (cAA) 18 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)
Lachnocrepis parallela Say, 1830
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
Anatrichis morii Gueorguiev & Morita, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
West Japan, Kuyshu Is., Fukuoka Pref., Kouge-machi, Shimotoubaru 5.VI.2014, leg. M. Mori / HOLOTYPE Anatrichis morii sp.n. des. Guéorguiev & Morita 2016 (NSMT).
Copyright © Borislav Gueorguiev
Lonchosternus hispanicus Dejean, 1826
Male adult
Spain, Sevilla, Cazalla de la Sierra, puente de Benalija, 18.1.2003, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. 8.5 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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
Trichopalpoodes hiekei Gueorguiev & Schmidt, 2016 Paratype
Female adult
S-Thailand, Betong Gunung Gang dun vill Yala dist. IV-1993 leg. Strand (cSF).
Copyright © Joachim Schmidt
Stenoodes jeanneli Basilewsky, 1953 Holotype
Male adult
Image from Gueorguiev & Will, 2025
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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
Dischissus mirandus Bates, 1873: 244
Male adult
Collection ground Tsushima, Nagasaki pref. 34430
(C) Working Group for Biological Indicator Ground Beetles Database, Japan
Prohibited secondary use of all data
Copyright © Katsuro Yahiro
Peronomerus auripilis Bates, 1883: 235
Male adult
Collection ground Taiki cho, Hokkaido Pref. 34157
(C) Working Group for Biological Indicator Ground Beetles Database, Japan
Prohibited secondary use of all data
Copyright © Katsuro Yahiro
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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Tefflus angustipes Kolbe, 1903
Female adult
Kenya: Mackinnon, IX.2012 local collector
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Tefflus carinatus carinatus
Female adult
Zambia, Nothern Province, Mukunsa town env., savanna, h = 1176 m 31 mm
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Tefflus megerlei hacquardi Chaudoir, 1883
Male adult
Tanzania, Mbeya Region, Tukuyu district, Nandete Mt. 49,4 mm
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Peronomerus fumatus Schaum, 1854: 440
Male adult
S Primorye Territory, Yakovlevka Distr., 1 km S Beltsovo Vill., Arsenjevka R. floodplain, h~120 m, 44°48’57”N 133°34’11”E, 21.V.2024, K. Makarov leg. L=8.2 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Craspedophorus (Adischissus) repertus (Basilewsky, 1947)
Male adult
Zanzibar, Jozani, 06°16’14»S, 39°25’12»E, alt. 10m (cMH).
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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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Stricteripus baenningeri (Straneo, 1953)
Male adult
Panama, Darien Nat. Park, Cerro Pirre, Rancho Plastico, 12.I.2017, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. (Compared with Type)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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
Copyright © Smithsonian NMNH
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.
Copyright © Kipling W. Will

