Bascanus gracilis Peringuey, 1896
Male adult
South Africa, 15 km E Vryheit 26.1.2008 P.Schule leg.
Copyright © Peter Schüle

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
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

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

Camptotoma sp.
Male adult

Copyright © Kipling W. Will

Chlaenius (Achlaenius) variicornis A. Morawitz, 1863
Male adult
Photo from www.zin.ru
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

Chlaenius (Callistoides) melanopus Andrewes, 1923
Male adult
China, Shichuan pro., Xichang
Copyright © Ye Liu

Chlaenius (Prochlaeniellus) limbipennis Boheman, 1860
Male adult
S Africa, Cape prov., 10 miles W Kakamas, 10.XI.1950 Nº 43, Swedish South Africa Expedition 1950-1951, Brinck – Rudebeck<br /> 11 mm<br /> photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Chlaenius (Leptorembus) varians Chaudoir, 1876 (f.typ.)
Male adult
Ethiopia, Wonchi mts., Ambo, 30.X.1988<br /> 13 mm<br /> photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.<br /> det. Kirschenhofer 2009
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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 (Calochlaenius) swahilius Bates, 1886
Male adult
Size: 26 mm<br /> Kenia, Tsavo National Park, Kilaguni Lodge, 800 m<br /> leg. U.Schmidt, 27.XI.1991; det. Kirschenhofer, 2011<br /> Photo: U.Schmidt, 2013
Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Chlaenius (Chlaenius) festivus velutinus Duftschmid, 1812: 168
Unsexed
Morocco : Oued Fourat, 13.xi.1960, 16 mm, Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal

Chlaenius (Rhysotrachelus) teani Gestro, 1881
Male adult
det. E. Kirschenhofer
Copyright © Erich Kirschenhofer

Chlaenius (Agostenus) caeruleicollis Chaudoir, 1876
Male adult
Mexico, Chihuahua, Santa Barbara, San Francesco Mesa, 11.8.1989, 7.300ft, leg. J.A. Shetterly (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Chlaenius (Chlaenius) gonioderus nigrofemoralis Basilewsky, 1949
Female adult
Tanzania Udzundwa Mt. Compared with Type. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2021
Copyright © Igor Solodovnikov

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

Polychaetus cf egregius (Chaudoir, 1854)
Male adult
PARAGUAY, Yaragui
Copyright © Gianni Allegro

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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Bamaroodes cyaneus (Facchini, 2011)
Female adult
Khon Kaen, Thailand
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

Simous annamita Csiki, 1931
Male adult
Thailand, Sansai, Chiangmai, 16.5.1986; 16 mm.; det. B. Gueorguiev
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

Oodes desertus Motschulsky, 1858
Male adult
S Tadzhikistan, Kurgan-Tube reg., 20 km S Dzhilikul vill. 11.5.1999
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Coptocarpus oberprielerae Baehr, 2017 Holotype
Male adult
Australia, NT, Nitmiluk NP 14.17014699 S, 132.3813219 E Biodiversity survey No. 2 Site 5B, April-May 2015 (ANIC).
Copyright © Martin Baehr

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

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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Nothoodes bharat Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020 Holotype Paratype
Male+Female adult
Image from Gueorguiev & Liang, 2020
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Calathocosmus mirus Emden, 1928
Male adult
Togo, Blifou, 5.2010, W. Lorenz det.
photo Peter Schüle
Copyright © Peter Schüle

Panagaeus (Panagaeus) bipustulatus Fabricius, 1775: 247
Male adult
L=7,9 mm
RUSSIA, Moscow reg., 1 km to SE from Kolomna city, E coast of the Chernaya river. H=83 m. N55*03.849’ E038*54.133’ 24.VI-1.VII.2005
leg., det. & photo - Vlasenko A. S.
Copyright © Andrey Vlasenko

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

Psecadius eustalactus (Gerstaecker, 1866)
Male adult

Copyright © Udo Schmidt

Euschizomerus indicus Jedlicka, 1956
Female adult
India: Kerala: Calicut Dt. (East Devagiri), 18.IV.2017, light, Divya M. (ZSI-Ca.)
Copyright © Sabu K Thomas

Euschizomerus metallicus Harold, 1879 Holotype
Unsexed
India or., Helfer (ZMHB)
Copyright © Sabu K Thomas

Cintaroa sikkimica Häckel & Sciaky, 2019 Holotype
Female adult
India / Sikkim / Ch. J. Rai // Chongay 1700 m /20. IV. 1985 (NMWC). Image from Häckel & Sciaky, 2019
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Tefflus brevicostatus brevicostatus
Female adult

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 (Craspedophorus) huensis Häckel & Kirschenhofer, 2014
Female adult
Vietnam, Binh Thuan 5.2025 (cAA). 17 mm; det. M. Häckel, 2026
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

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

Disphericus sp.
Male adult

Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko

Dyschiridium sp.
Male adult
det. K. Makarov
Copyright © Kirill Makarov

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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Pseudagonica nitida Moore, 1960: 24 Holotype
Male adult

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Agonica victoriensis Moore, 1963: 23 Holotype
Female adult

Copyright © Museums Victoria

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