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 Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius, 1792) Distribution in Iran . Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Hamadan, Isfahan, Khorasan, Markazi, Tehran, Zanjan ( Modarres Awal 1997 ), Golestan ( Samin et al . 2011 ), Guilan ( Borumand 1998 ; Samin et al . 2011 ), Mazandaran ( Modarres Awal 1997 ; Samin et al . 2011 ), Iran (no locality cited) ( Knížek 2011 ). General distribution. Europe, through Russia and Central Asia to China and Japan . Introduced into North America . Biology. Anisandrus dispar has been recorded from many host species in numerous families ( Wood & Bright 1992 ). In Iran , it is recorded from Betula pendula (Betulaceae) , Quercus sp. ( Fagaceae ), Cydonia oblonga , Malus orientalis , Persica vulgaris , Prunus armeniaca , Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) , Populus nigra (Salicaceae) , Acer sp. ( Sapindaceae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). The biology of the species is described by Palm (1959) , Chararas (1962) , Egger (1973) , and French and Roeper (1975) . Speranza et al . (2009) examine the effects of temperature and rainfall on flight activity. Like many xyleborines, the species is attracted to ethanol ( Saruhan & Akyol 2012 ; Galko et al . 2014 ). It is an important pest of hazel ( Corylus avellana ) ( Betulaceae ) in the Mediterranean area (e.g. Bucini et al . 2005 ; Saruhan & Akyol 2012 ), and an occasional pest of fruit trees in the USA (Wood 1982).