New synonymy, combinations and country records in Carabidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera)

Based on newly collected material, and material stored in museum collections, new data on taxonomy and distribution of various taxa of Carabidae from different regions of the world are provided. Calathus (Neocalathus) anistschenkoi O. Berlov & Ippolitova, 2005 syn. n. = C. (N.) melanocephalus (Linne, 1758); Penetretus imitator Zamotajlov, 1990 syn. n. = Penetretus andalusicus (Reitter, 1897); Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) nigrosuturatus Mandl, 1978 syn. n. = Ch. (Chlaeniellus) corrosulus Bates, 1892 comb. n. The following species are listed for Philippines for the first time: Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) flaviguttatus W.S. Macleay, 1825; Chlaenius (Callistoides) melanopus Andrewes, 1923 and Oodes (s.str.) melanodes Andrewes, 1938. Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) radama Kunckel, 1891 first time cited for Namibia, and Tetragonoderus (Peronoscelis) pictus (Perty, 1830) first time cited for Colombia and Panama.