Carabus (Morphocarabus) praecellens Palliardi, 1825

Distribution: The populations of this species are common in Srem (Serbia) and Slavonia (Croatia), East to the Danube, while Southern and Western areal border is the Sava river.

Diversity: Phenotypically and by endophallus morphology populations from Mt. Fruska Gora (Srem, North Serbia) and those from Mt. Papuk (Croatia, Slavonia, Pakrac) are practically identical. Endophallus morphology of praecellens manifests phylogenetic similarity with Morphocarabus populations of Hungary and Slovakia, although, phenotypically, they have the greatest similarity with bjelasnicensis populations.

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