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 8770e7d9-65f4-4cee-a935-a5f365a95f32 1175-5326 258895 00F1BDB5-AB25-47A0-B789-2E05D2E683DE Crypturgus dubius Eichhoff, 1871 Distribution in Iran . Guilan ( Samin et al . 2011 ). General distribution. “Pyrenees”1, Turkey . Taxonomy. This species is considered a synonym of Crypturgus mediterraneus Eichhoff, 1869 by Schedl (1946) and Wood and Bright (1992) , but is recognised as a distinct species by Pfeffer (1994) and Knížek (2011) . Biology. It has similar habits to C. cinereus . Recorded in Iran from Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) ( Samin et al . 2011 ).