Morphological and molecular identification of the Iranian bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) Author Amini, Sudabe 0000-0002-7475-3764 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Sudabe. amini @ ut. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7475 - 3764 & Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy. massimo. faccoli @ unipd. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9355 - 0516 udabe.amini@ut.ac.ir Author Nozari, Jamasb 0000-0002-7475-3764 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Sudabe. amini @ ut. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7475 - 3764 & Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA. udabe.amini@ut.ac.ir Author Martinez, Isabel 0000-0002-9355-0516 Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy. massimo. faccoli @ unipd. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9355 - 0516 massimo.faccoli@unipd.it Author Hosseini, Reza Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences-University of Guilan-Rasht-Iran. Author Faccoli, Massimo 0000-0002-9355-0516 Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Legnaro, Italy. massimo. faccoli @ unipd. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9355 - 0516 massimo.faccoli@unipd.it text Zootaxa 2020 2020-09-16 4852 3 251 284 journal article 8399 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.3.1 b95b73bc-36da-4439-bf59-4e360bbc19b7 1175-5326 4409855 FA0090B4-7FB5-4622-AA10-6A280478ACCC Pityophthorus Eichhoff Pronotal lateral margin obliquely costate. Funicle 4- or 5-segmented. Antennal club 4-segmented. Frons with short erect hair-like setae and densely punctate. Declivital sutural interstriae with six denticles. Declivity sulcate from striae 1 to striae 2, interstriae 2 broad and laterally diverging from suture, interstriae 3 costate. 1.6−2.3 mm long…........... P. micrographus (Linnaeus) Palaearctic distribution: Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Croatia , Russia , Czechia , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia, Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Macedonia, Norway , Poland , Slovenia , Spain , Serbia and Montenegro , Kazakhstan , Turkey ( Knížek 2011 ), Iran ( Beaver et al . 2016 ). Iran distribution: West Azarbaijan ( Samin et al . 2011 ). Host plants in Iran : Picea abies ( Pfeffer 1995 ) .