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
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1175-5326
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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.