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 (1270 photos)
Rhopalomelus angusticollis Boheman, 1848
Female adult
Mozambique C 55 km NW Chimoio
13.12.2005 lgt. M. Kadlekowa
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Chlaenius (Naelichus) stschukini Menetries, 1837
Female adult
Tuva, Ka-Khem Distr., env. Buren-Bai-Khaak Vill., valley of Buren Riv., h~1200 1.V-29.V.2001 S.Vastschenko leg.
L=12.7 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Chlaenius (Macrochlaenites) sennaariensis Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
Ethiopia, Gambilla prov., Alworo riv., 15 km W Abobo 14.IX.1988<br /> 19 mm<br /> photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.<br /> det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Procletus werneri Kirschenhofer, 2008 Holotype
Female adult
Ethiopia, Agere Maryam, Sidamo, 11.V.2002 (coll Schule)
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Epomis) simba Alluaud, 1929
Female adult
Botswana,12.1.2010, nr. Kazangula . P. Schüle det.
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Chlaenius (Capsochlaenius) luisae Gestro, 1895
Male adult
MNHN, coll. Alluaud
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Callistomimus nodieri Alluaud, 1932
Male adult
Mali, Prov. Koulikoro, Umgebung Kenieroba, 30.5.2016, leg. Manfred Egger
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Chlaenius (Epomis) croesus (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
Mali, Mopti region, Bandiagara Plateau, 700m, Feber 2015, leg. G. Müller. det. E. Kirschenhofer, 2019
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Lapitachlaenius speculiferus (Fairmaire, 1879)
Male adult
Image from Gueorguiev & Will, 2025
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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
Thaioodes piceus Gueorguiev, 2014 Holotype
Male adult
"Nordost Thailand Khon Kaen lux 23.11.1980 leg. S.Saowakontha” [printed, white], “HOLOTYPE Thaioodes gen. nov. piceus sp. nov. B.Guéorguiev des. 2014” [printed, red] (MNHUB).
Copyright © Borislav Gueorguiev
Anatrichis pedinoides Chaudoir, 1882 (Nanodiodes)
Female adult
India, Uttarakhand, Anichtchenko A. leg. 5mm det. & coll. A. Anichtchenko, 2014
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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
Pseudosphaerodes sphaerodoides (Alluaud, 1917)
Female adult
Ivory Coast, West Mt Tonkou, V-VI.2000. det. P. Schule
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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
Simous annamita Csiki, 1931
Male adult
Thailand, Sansai, Chiangmai, 16.5.1986; 16 mm.; det. B. Gueorguiev
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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 erwini Will & Guéorguiev, 2021 Holotype
Male adult
NEW CALEDONIA 11138 21°53'S x166°24'E,1400m Mt. Humboldt, moss forest, 6–7 Nov2002, Monteith & Burwell, pyreth, trees & logs (MNHN). Image from Will & Guéorguiev, 2021
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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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Panagaeini taxon page (237 photos)
Cintaroa aptera Kasahara, 1989
Male adult
CHINA, Taiwan, Gaoxiong, Taoyuan, Tengzhi;
2008.V.24; Lin W.X. coll.;
photo & det. Shi, 2009; body length=16mm
Copyright © Hongliang Shi
Tinoderus singularis Bates, 1873a: 245
Male adult
Collection ground Fujioka machi, TochigiPref. 34784
(C) Working Group for Biological Indicator Ground Beetles Database, Japan
Prohibited secondary use of all data
Copyright © Katsuro Yahiro
Coptia armata (Castelnau, 1832)
Male adult
Peru, Moranilon riv., 30 km NW Nauta, Buen Fin, 7-9.II.1997 leg A. Petrov (MPU)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Euschizomerus metallicus Harold, 1879 Holotype
Unsexed
India or., Helfer (ZMHB)
Copyright © Sabu K Thomas
Microcosmodes symei (Murray, 1857)
Male adult
Ghana, Kakum N.P. (office), 5.21N 1.23W, 27-28.3.2010 . 7.5 mm; det. M. Häckel 2026
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Tefflus megerlei giganteus Sternberg, 1910
Male adult
Central African Republic, Ombella-M’Poko Prefecture, Forêt de Botambi, 23, 6 km SW of Bangi, h = 407 m, 4.20833,18.43694, III-IV.2015, local collector 46 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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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
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
