An annotated checklist of the Iranian carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Silphidae) Ghahari, Hassan Háva, Jiří R, Aclypea M, Dendroxena L, Necrodes F, Nicrophorus L, Phosphuga Linzer biologische Beiträge 2015 2015-12-30 47 2 1501 1511 CHARPENTIER, 1825 CHARPENTIER 1825 [178,622,216,238] Insecta Silphidae Nicrophorus Animalia Coleoptera 3 1504 Arthropoda species sepultor  G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Azerbaijan, Armenia, China, Georgia, Europe, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan( HÁVA et al. 1998; SIKES et al. 2002; LÖBL & SMETANA 2004).