Silpha obscura obscura LINNAEUS, 1758

Ghahari, Hassan, Háva, Jiří, R, Aclypea, M, Dendroxena, L, Necrodes, F, Nicrophorus & L, Phosphuga, 2015, An annotated checklist of the Iranian carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Silphidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1501-1511 : 1506-1507

Silpha obscura obscura LINNAEUS, 1758

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: north and northwestern Iran ( SCHAWALLER 1980),

Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Golestan, Khorasan, West Azarbaijan ( RUŽIČKA & SCHNEIDER 2002), East Azarbaijan, Guilan, Mazandaran (RUŽIČKA 1996; RUŽIČKA & SCHNEIDER 2002), Guilan ( SAKENIN et al. 2009; RUŽIČKA & SCHNEIDER 2002), Mazandaran (RUŽIČKA 1996; RUŽIČKA & SCHNEIDER 2002; SAKENIN et al. 2009), Qazvin (RUŽIČKA 1996), Tehran (RUŽIČKA 1996; MODARRES AWAL 1997; RUŽIČKA & SCHNEIDER 2002), Iran (no locality cited) ( SCHAWALLER 1980), Iran (no locality cited) (LÖBL & SMETANA 2004).

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region (LÖBL & SMETANA 2004).

H o s t s: Barley, corn, radish, sugar-beet, turnip, wheat ( MODARRES AWAL 1997).