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 Phloeosinus armatus Reitter, 1887 Distribution in Iran . East Azarbaijan ( Samin et al . 2011 ). General distribution. Eastern Mediterranean from Italy to Syria and Israel . Established in California, USA . Biology. Recorded in Iran from its usual host, Cupressus sempervirens (Cupressaceae) ( Samin et al . 2011 ). The biology and gallery system is described by Browne (1968) . The species breeds in fallen branches and dying or dead trees, but maturation feeding by the young adults in green twigs can cause damage to healthy trees ( Browne 1968 ; Ciesla et al . 2011 ). Mendel (1986) records several species of hymenopterous parasitoids. Pennacchio et al . (2013) suggest that it may be involved in the transmission of the cypress canker fungus, Seiridium cardinale . Mendel (1983b) suggests the use of pruned trap logs to control the species.