Morphological and molecular identification of the Iranian bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) Author Amini, Sudabe 0000-0002-7475-3764 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Sudabe. amini @ ut. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7475 - 3764 & Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy. massimo. faccoli @ unipd. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9355 - 0516 udabe.amini@ut.ac.ir Author Nozari, Jamasb 0000-0002-7475-3764 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Sudabe. amini @ ut. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7475 - 3764 & Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA. udabe.amini@ut.ac.ir Author Martinez, Isabel 0000-0002-9355-0516 Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy. massimo. faccoli @ unipd. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9355 - 0516 massimo.faccoli@unipd.it Author Hosseini, Reza Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences-University of Guilan-Rasht-Iran. Author Faccoli, Massimo 0000-0002-9355-0516 Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy. massimo. faccoli @ unipd. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9355 - 0516 massimo.faccoli@unipd.it text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-16 4852 3 251 284 journal article 8399 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.3.1 b95b73bc-36da-4439-bf59-4e360bbc19b7 1175-5326 4409855 FA0090B4-7FB5-4622-AA10-6A280478ACCC Cryphalus Erichson Elytra with short hairs, 1.50−1.57 times as long as wide. Elytra with striae posteriorly faded. Striae wider than interstriae. Body cylindrical, 1.2−1.7 mm long. …............................................... C. asperatus (Gyllenhal) (= C. abetis ) Palaearctic distribution: Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Croatia , Russia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia, Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Macedonia, Norway , Poland , Slovenia , Spain , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Serbia and Montenegro , Algeria , Morocco , Russia , East Siberia, Japan , North Korea , Turkey ( Knížek 2011 ), Iran ( Beaver et al . 2016 ). Iran distribution: Southern provinces (Modares Awal 1997 ). Host plants in Iran : Picea abies , Abies alba , A. bornmuelleriana ( Pfeffer 1995 ) .