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 Dryocoetes alni (Georg, 1856) Distribution in Iran . West Azarbaijan ( Samin et al . 2011 ). General distribution. Europe, eastern and western Siberia, Turkey . Biology. This species of bark beetle breeds primarily in species of Alnus (Betulaceae) , but also in Corylus (Betulaceae) and Fagus (Fagaceae) ( Balachowsky 1949 ; Stark 1952 ; Pfeffer 1995 ). The biology of the species is briefly described by Palm (1951) and Dodelin (2010) .