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 Pityokteines Fuchs Only Pityokteines curvidens is reported in Iran . 1) Declivity with a sutural tooth, an uncinated tooth and a conical tooth. Frons with few, short and disperse hairs. Small sutural teeth recurved vertically, uncinated tooth long and thin. 2.5−3.5 mm long….................. P. curvidens (Germar) male - Declivity with five pairs of teeth. Frons with long and dense hairs. Anterior margin of the pronotum with short hairs, not longer than the frons hairs. Frons with a small median tubercle. 2.5−3.5 mm long…....................... P. curvidens female Palaearctic distribution: Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Belarus , Russia , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Great Britain , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Macedonia , The Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Switzerland , Ukraine , Serbia and Montenegro , Japan , Turkey ( Knížek 2011 ), Iran ( Samin et al . 2011 ). Iran distribution: East Azarbaijan ( Samin et al . 2011 ). Host plants in Iran : Abies bornmuelleriana ( Pfeffer 1995 ) .