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 Tribe Ipini Ipini is represented by four genera: Ips , Orthotomicus , Pityogenes and Pityokteines ( Table 1 ). Key to genera 1. Pronotal base armed with punctures and a longitudinal, flat callus. Female frons with either a deep fovea or flat with dense hairs. Frons of male flat with short hairs. Declivity broaden, deep or flat with 1−3 pairs of small teeth along the lateral sides. Posterior margin of elytra covering the abdominal ventrites. 1.5−3.5 mm …............................... Pityogenes - Pronotal base punctured and with a flat, non-elevated longitudinally line. Frons always without fovea. Declivity with 3−5 pairs of hook-like teeth along the lateral sides.................................................................. ... 2 2. Elytra with striae posteriorly weakly widened and covered with very large punctures. Declivity with three pairs of teeth (male) or small tubercles (female). Second teeth hook-like in male, just a tubercle in female. Interstriae with only a line of small punctures. Female frons with dense and long yellow hairs. Male frons with short disperse hairs and a median line. 1.6−3.2 mm long…..................................................................................... Pityokteines - Elytra cylindrical, without large punctures. Declivity with tubercles or hook-like teeth. Frons with sparse hairs…......... 3 3. Declivity with 3 or 4 pairs of conical teeth. Declivity oblique; the posterior edge explaned horizobntally, slightly flat. Interstriae wider than striae. 2.2−8.0 mm long….............................................................. Ips - Declivity cylindrical, with 3−5 pairs of tubercles or cones. Declivity nearly vertical posterior edge not explaned. Interstriae not wider than striae. 1.6−5.0 mm long........................................................... … Orthotomicus