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 Key to the genera of females Xyleborini 1. Scutellum conical, difficult to see, surrounded by a setal tuft and not filling the scutellar notch. Elytral declivity slightly concave, lateral margins of declivity dentate and abundantly setose, and apex emarginate.............. .... Xyleborinus Reitter -. Scutellum flat, entirely filling the scutellar notch and flush with adjacent elytral surface, setal tuft absent. Elytral declivity flat and apex entire...................................................................................... ... 2 2. Pronotum rounded, as long as wide. Pronotal base with median tuft of hairs. Pronotal anterior margin armed with 6 to 8 subequal serrations. Elytral interstriae never impressed on declivity. 3.2−3.6 mm long..................... Anisandrus Ferrari - Pronotum longer than wide. Pronotal base without a median tuft of hair. Pronotal anterior margin without a row of serrations. Elytral declivity sulcate with interstriae impressed. 2.1−3.5 mm long............................... Xyleborus Eichhoff