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 Scolytus amygdali Guérin-Méneville, 1847 Distribution in Iran . Alborz, Tehran ( Magowski et al . 2007 ), Mazandaran ( Samin et al . 2011 ), East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Kermanshah, central provinces ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). General distribution. Central and southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Pakistan . Biology. This species breeds in trees of the family Rosaceae (e.g. Amygdalus , Mespilus , Prunus ). It has been recorded from Prunus amygdalus , P. armeniaca , Persica vulgaris (Rosaceae) , and Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae) in Iran ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). Its biology has been described by Russo (1931) and Zeiri et al . (2011 , 2015 ). It is a pest of rosaceous fruit trees in Israel ( Mendel et al . 1997 ). Comments. Cerocephala cornigera Westwood, 1832 ( Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae ) is a parasitoid of S. amygdali in Iran ( Abd-Rabou et al . 2005 ).