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 Pityogenes quadridens (Hartig, 1834) Distribution in Iran . Mazandaran ( Samin et al . 2011 ). General distribution. Europe, through Russia to the Far East, Turkey , Kazakhstan . Biology. The species usually breeds in species of Pinus , but occasionally attacks Abies , Larix and Picea (Pinaceae) ( Stark 1952 , Schedl 1962 ). Recorded in Iran from Picea orientalis (Pinaceae) ( Samin et al . 2011 ). Stark (1952) and Schedl (1962) briefly describe the biology and gallery system.