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Monotypic Carabidae genera

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Platysmodes
Platysmodes is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Platysmodes gambeyi. It is found in New Caledonia.
Tetraleucus
Tetraleucus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Tetraleucus picticornis. It is found in North America.
Synteratus
Synteratus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Synteratus ovalis. It is found in New Zealand.
Crepidogastrillus
Crepidogastrillus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Crepidogastrillus curtulus. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.
Abropus carnifex
Abropus carnifex is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Abropus.
Nepalorthogonius
Nepalorthogonius monilicornis is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Nepalorthogonius.
Medisores
Medisores is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae. Its only species is Medisores abditus, found in South Africa. Only four specimens of this species have been found, all found dead in wood of Cassiopourea gummiflua, the onionwood tree.
Epimicodema
Epimicodema is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Epimicodema mastersii. It is found in Australia.
Styphlodromus
Styphlodromus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Styphlodromus bicolor. It is found in Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Kupeus
Kupeus is a genus of wrinkled bark beetles in the family Carabidae. Its only species is Kupeus arcuatus, endemic to New Zealand. K. arcuatus was originally described in 1873 by Louis Chevrolat.
Crepidogastrinus
Crepidogastrinus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Crepidogastrinus kochi. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.
Paniestichus
Paniestichus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Paniestichus subsolianus. It is found in New Caledonia.
Ectenognathus
Ectenognathus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Ectenognathus dryptoides. It is found in the African countries Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, and Nigeria.
Henvelik
Henvelik is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Henvelik.
Acanthoscelis
Acanthoscelis ruficornis, the beach ground beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the Scaritinae subfamily, the only species in the genus Acanthoscelis.
Acanthoodes
Acanthoodes centrosternis is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Acanthoodes.
Actenonyx
Actenonyx is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. At present only species in this genus is Actenonyx bembidioides. However, it has been suggested that a taxonomic revision of this genus is needed as there are two species that await description. David Kavanaugh researched this beetle genus in a comprehensive study published in 2022, making the case for a new species. This genus and species was first described by Adam White and is endemic to New Zealand.
Zacotus
Zacotus matthewsii is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Zacotus.
Chaetocrepis
Chaetocrepis is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Chaetocrepis besckii. It is found in Brazil.
Lichnasthenus
Lichnasthenus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Lichnasthenus armiventris. It is found in Africa.
Psydrus
Psydrus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Psydrus piceus. It is found in the United States and Canada. thumb|Psydrus piceus, Canada
Pronyssiformia excoffieri
Pronyssiformia is a genus of tiger beetles. This genus has a single species, Pronyssiformia excoffieri. It is found in China.
Phrypeus
thumb|right|alt=a light brown beetle-like creature with six arms and legs, two antennas, and it's back looking like it is covered with small dot-like indentations|Phrypeus rickseckeri Phrypeus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Phrypeus rickseckeri. It is found in the United States and Canada.
Xenophonus
Xenophonus hirtus was formerly the name of a species of beetles in the family Carabidae, the only species of the genus Xenophonus. The species name is currently invalid, and the genus name is invalid or doubtful.
Neotalus
Neotalus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Neotalus portai. It is found in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
Mateuellus
Mateuellus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Mateuellus troglobioticus. It is found in Indonesia.
Procletodema parallelum
Procletodema is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Procletodema parallelum. It is found in Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.
Kenodactylus
Kenodactylus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. This genus has a single species, Kenodactylus audouini. It is found in New Zealand.