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 (1265 photos)
Chlaenius (Callistoides) melanopus Andrewes, 1923
Male adult
China, Shichuan pro., Xichang
Copyright © Ye Liu
Chlaenius (Chlaenius) pseudocruciatus Kirschenhofer, 2009 Paratype Paratype
Male adult
Kenya, Coast 7.12.2007 E of Garsen
W of Witu, Snizek leg.
male, 12 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Epomis) nigricans Wiedemann, 1821: 110
Male adult
China, Jiangxi pro., 1975.5.16, Zhang Y.W. coll.;
photo & det. by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Holosoma namikoae N.Ito, 2012
Male adult
China, S. Gansu, Min Shan Mts., near Wudu, 20.06.2001, leg. A. Gorodinski
det. A. Anichtchenko, 2013
15 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Pleroticus) rhodesianus Basilewsky, 1949 Paratype
Male adult
MRAC
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Capsochlaenius) luisae Gestro, 1895
Male adult
MNHN, coll. Alluaud
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Straneomelus bequaerti Alluaud, 1930
Male adult
Democratic Republic of Congo: SE Katanga
Copyright © Sergio Facchini
Chlaenius (Oochlaenius) scutellaris Harold, 1880
Female adult
Tanzania, Morogoro reg., Uluguru Mt. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2021
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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)
Anatrichis minuta Dejean, 1831
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Stenocrepis (Stenous) cuprea (Chaudoir, 1843)
Male adult
Canada<br /> Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
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
Oodes coelestinus Chaudoir, 1882
Male adult
Malaysia, N Borneo, Sabah, Keningau distr., Trus Madi Mt., 1160m, 24.8.2012, A. Klimenko leg.; 12 mm. det. B. Gueorguiev 2017
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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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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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Stenoodes jeanneli Basilewsky, 1953 Holotype
Male adult
Image from Gueorguiev & Will, 2025
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Panagaeini taxon page (237 photos)
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 sublaevis (Chaudoir, 1869)
Male adult
Thailand, Chang Mai Prov., Chiang Dao Hill Resort, 500m, 14-17.09.2017 N 19*33'E 099*04', K. Kolesnichenko leg.; 25 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2019
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Tefflus megerlei hacquardi Chaudoir, 1883
Male adult
Tanzania, Uluguru Mts., 5.2009 (cAA) 45 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Craspedophorus (Craspedophorus) huensis Häckel & Kirschenhofer, 2014
Female adult
Vietnam, Binh Thuan 5.2025 (cAA). 17 mm; det. M. Häckel, 2026
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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
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
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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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