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
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1175-5326
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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)
.