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Based on the material collected by the authors in Central Georgia, Carabus (Archiplectes) protensus khvamliensis subsp. n. from Khvamli Mt. Mass is described, the subspecific rank of Carabus (Archiplectes) komarowi mestiaicus Deuve, 2016 from Zemo Svaneti is confirmed and its redescription is given, and the male genitalia of this form are described and illustrated for the first time.
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Continuation of the series “On new carabids of the genus Carabus Linné (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Caucasus.” 7th contribution. For previous contribution see Zootaxa 4179 (3), 561–599 (2016).
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Fominykh, D.D., Zamotajlov, A.S. & Titarenko, A.Y. Contribution to the knowledge of the Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 subgenus Archiplectes Gottwald, 1982 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Central Georgia, with description of a new subspecies of C. (A.) protensus Schaum, 1864. Entmol. Rev. 96, 1261–1267 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816090086
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