subgenus Oreocarabus Géhin, 1876

Notes.The species of this subgenus show a peculiar distribution in Macedonia. Carabus hortensis occurs in the northwest and northeast high mountains and has isolated population in the south in the alpine zone of Nidže-Kožuf range. The other two species are primary lowland dwellers. Carabus neumeyeri lives in the valley of the river Drim and the Ohrid-Prespa watershed. Carabus preslii is mainly restricted to the valley of river Vardar, but a northernmost point for it is Šar Planina.

Carabus hortensis Linnaeus, 1758 [= herzegowinensis Apfelbeck, 1904]

References. Carabus hortensis neumeyeri v. hercegovinensis: Arnold 1939: 169 . Carabus hortensis hortensis: Drovenik 1984: 193; Drovenik & Peks 1994: 11; Drovenik & Peks 1999: 13; Pavičević & Mesaroš 1997; Guéorguiev 1998: 38 (Šar Planina: Jelak, Studena River); Ćurčić 2000: 220; Bousquet et al. 2003: 179. Carabus hortensis: Hieke & Wrase 1988: 20; Hristovski et al. 1996: 53 (Šar Planina: Jelak, Lešnica); Hristovski et al. 2002: 122 (Šar Planina: Ljuboten, Tri Vodi, Šarski Vo d i); Hristovski et al. 2003: 54 (Bistra); Turin et al. 2003: 226 (northmost Macedonia); Mitev et al. 2010: 43 (Kožuf, Nidže).

Material studied. “Pelister, 0 3.06.1984, S. Stanković”, 1 s. (MMNH); “Jakupica: Begovo Pole, 12.09.1984, N. Topukova”, 1 s. (MMNH); “Gostivar: peštera Gjonovica, 25.09.2011, E. Stojkoska”, 1 s. (MMNH). Distribution. 0 2, 0 9, 19, 40, 46, 48.