An annotated checklist of the Iranian Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Colonnelli, Enzo text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-02 4759 2 151 178 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.1 3349b70b-0ab1-41be-b04e-cbb827e8aeae 1175-5326 3737365 B788388B-D28A-4BFB-981F-007A462E6C94 Aspidapion ( Aspidapion ) validum (Germar, 1817) Distribution in Iran . East Azarbaijan ( Legalov et al . 2010 ), West Azarbaijan ( Borumand 1998 ; Modarres Awal 2012 , both as Apion ( Aspidapion ) validum ). General distribution. Algeria , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , northwestern China , Czech Republic , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iran , Italy , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Luxembourg , Poland , Romania , south European Russia , west Siberia, Slovakia , Slovenia , Switzerland , Syria , Tadzhikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan .