:For the species misidentified by Gyllenhal in 1827 and declared a new species under the name ''Nicrophorus sepultor'', but later corrected, see '' Nicrophorus vestigator'' ''Nicrophorus sepultor'' is a burying beetle described by

Toussaint de Charpentier Toussaint von Charpentier (22 November 1779 – 4 March 1847) was a German geologist and entomologist. He was the author of ''Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae'' (1840). Biography Toussaint von Charpentier was born in Freiberg, Saxony ...

in 1825. It has a

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

distribution from Europe to central Asia.

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Silphidae Beetles of Asia Beetles of Europe Taxa named by Toussaint de Charpentier Beetles described in 1825 {{Silphidae-stub