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Help with determination please. Mike determinated it as Carabus (Archicarabus) montivagus ssp. montivagus Palliardi, 1825 (probable determination). I think it is not a typical "montivagus".

In the Slovak Republic : Carabus (Archicarabus) montivagus blandus Frivaldsky, 1865

montivagus Palliardi, 1825

ssp. montivagus Palliardi, 1825 C,W,E-Bulgaria; C,W-Romania("Banat"), E-Serbia, E-Macedonia; NE-Greece, Eur.Turkey
=kalofirensis Apfelbeck, 1904 Bulgaria:"Kalofer"(=Kalofer Planina Mts.).
~ponticus Apfelbeck, 1904, nec Deyrolle, 1869 E-Bulgaria:Burgas
~rosalitanus Apfelbeck, 1904; un "Balkan Mts.:Rosalita Pass env.(=Stara Planina Mt.R.)
=bulgaricus Csiki, 1927; nom.pro ponticus Apfelbeck E-Bulgaria:Burgas

ssp. vellepiticus Hampe, 1850 Croatia(Velebit Mts.), Bosnia, Montenegro; N-Albania
~illyricus Kraatz, 1880, nec Kraatz, 1878 ?"Ternowaner Wald"(=Slovenia:Trnovski Gozd)
=illyriensis Géhin, 1885; nom.pro illyricus Kraatz ?"Ternowaner Wald"(=Slovenia:Trnovski Gozd)
=sutomorensis Reitter, 1885 Montenegro:"Sutomore"
=leonhardi Born, 1904 ?"N-Hercegovina"
=medius Lapouge, 1908 "Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia & Croatia"
=goljensis Born, 1910 W-Bosnia:Golja Planina
=boszdaghensis Breuning, 1966 W-Turkey:"Bos Dagh"(=Boz Dag; error)

ssp. blandus Frivaldsky, 1865 S-Slovakia, Hungary("Kom.Abauj-Torna & Heves")

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Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Carabus obsoletus Sturm, 1815
Cheers,
Ivan

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