An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran Author Beaver, Roger A. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Sanguansub, Sunisa text Zootaxa 2016 4098 3 401 441 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.1 8770e7d9-65f4-4cee-a935-a5f365a95f32 1175-5326 258895 00F1BDB5-AB25-47A0-B789-2E05D2E683DE Taphrorychus villifrons (Dufour, 1843) Distribution in Iran . Guilan, Tehran ( Borumand 1998 ), northern provinces ( Modarres Awal 1997 as Taphrorynchus [ sic ] villifrons ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Knížek 2011 ). General distribution. Europe, North Africa, Turkey . Biology. The species breeds primarily in trees of the families Fagaceae ( Fagus , Quercus ) and Betulaceae ( Carpinus ) , but may also attack trees of other families ( Stark 1952 ). Recorded in Iran from Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ), and Cerasus avium (Rosaceae) ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). Like other species of Taphrorychus , it is polygamous, with several maternal galleries radiating from a central chamber in the phloem ( Balachowsky 1949 ). Büssler and Immler (2007) suggest that the species is extending its distribution in Germany and becoming more abundant as a result of climatic warming.