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 (Anomoglossus) pusillus Say, 1823
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) apicalis (Wiedemann, 1819)
Female adult
INDIA Uttarakhand, 8.04.2012 Rajaji Nat. Park, 4 km NE Chilla N30°0'13.88", E78°14'37.83" Anichtchenko A. leg.
det. Ye Liu 2012
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) naeviger A. Morawitz, 1862b: 324
Male adult
Collection ground Tsushima, Nagasaki Pref. 36035<br /> (C) Working Group for Biological Indicator Ground Beetles Database, Japan<br /> Prohibited secondary use of all data
Copyright © Katsuro Yahiro
Chlaenius (Homalolachnus) morettoi Kirschenhofer, 2008 Holotype
Female adult
Ivory Coast, NE, Comoe National Park, X. 1998, leg. Philippe Moretto (MNS). 15 mm
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Chlaenius (Dacnochlaenius) guineensis (Alluaud, 1925) Holotype
Male adult
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
Straneomelus bequaerti Alluaud, 1930
Male adult
Democratic Republic of Congo: SE Katanga
Copyright © Sergio Facchini
Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) kindermanni Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
Belarus: Gomel reg.
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) chrysocephalus P. Rossi, 1790
Male adult
Spain, Cordoba, Campus Rabanales, 20.6.2018 (DUBC) 9 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Chlaenius (Haplochlaenius) hajeki (Kirschenhofer, 2012)
Male adult
Vietnam, Kon Tum pr., Mt. Ngoc Linh, 1900m, 03.2016 (cAA) 18 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2023
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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)
Stenocrepis (Stenous) cuprea (Chaudoir, 1843)
Male adult
Canada<br /> 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
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
Brachyodes similatus (Boheman, 1848)
Female adult
RSA, North West prov., Vaal river, 1250m, W of Bothaville, 22.12.2007. 9 mm.; det. B. Gueorguiev
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
Neoodes tazieffi (Basilewsky, 1948) Holotype
Male adult
Coll. Mus. Congo, Mitwaba (Manono), H. Tazieff 1947, Col. P. Basilewsky
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer
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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Panagaeini taxon page (237 photos)
Calathocosmus mirus Emden, 1928
Male adult
Togo, Blifou, 5.2010, W. Lorenz det.
photo Peter Schüle
Copyright © Peter Schüle
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
Panagaeus (Hologaeus) fasciatus Say, 1823
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Microcosmodes symei (Murray, 1857)
Female adult
Sénégal, M’Bour, piège lumineux 24/09/2009, Pascal Deschamps coll.
Copyright © Pascal Deschamps
Craspedophorus ruvumanus Häckel, 2016 Holotype
Male adult
Ugano / 15 – 1700 m / Tanganyika-Terr., / Matengo-Hochland / wsw. v. Songea, / 21.-31.I, '036. Zerny [=Tanzania, Ruvuma Region] (NMWC)
Copyright © Martin Häckel
Tefflus zebulianus molossus Peringuey, 1896
Male adult
Namibia, Otjozondjuba Region, 28 km E Otavi town, h = 1400 m, l = 49 mm
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Tefflus zebulianus molossus Peringuey, 1896
Female adult
Namibia, Kunene region, 67,5 km NNW from Outjo, h=1205 m, 52,2 mm
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov
Microcosmodes tamilicus Häckel, 2024 Holotype Paratype
Male+Female adult
India, Tamil Nadu, D: Vilupparam, Aurovile Discipline vill. X-XII. 2020, loc. collector, 12°0.7’N 79°48’E; Holotype 8.6 mm
Copyright © Martin Häckel
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
Copyright © Martin Häckel
Geobius pubescens Dejean, 1831
Unsexed
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Avenida Del Medio, 3 kilometers south General Gelly -33.6339, -60.5922 14 Dec 1979, Flint, C. M.; Flint, S.
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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.
Copyright © Kipling W. Will

