Annotated Checklist of Armenian Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Author Karagyan, Gayane Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia, P. Sevak, 7, Yerevan, 0014, Armenia Author Kalashian, Mark Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia, P. Sevak, 7, Yerevan, 0014, Armenia Author Ghrejyan, Tigran Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia, P. Sevak, 7, Yerevan, 0014, Armenia Author Mazmanyan, Meri Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia, P. Sevak, 7, Yerevan, 0014, Armenia Author Petrov, Аlexander Institute of Forest Science RAS, Sovetskaya st. 21, Uspenskoe, Moscow Region 143030, Russia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-25 5514 1 41 65 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5514.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.1.3 1175-5326 13849388 625503CC-5B04-4893-873C-CF9A84C611EA 47. Phloeosinus aubei Perris, 1855 Material . Tavush : Ijevan , forest, ex larva, 21.09.1950 , S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. ( 4 ex. ) ; Kotayk : ~ 5 km E Gokht , Geghard monastery, 15.06.1949 , S. Iablokoff-Khzorian leg. ; Ararat : “Khosrov Forest” State reserve , Vedi area , 02.06.1982 , ex Juniperus branches, M. Kalashian leg. ( 6 ex. ) ; Syunik : env. Meghri , Kaladash Mt. , 22.04.1954 and 01.06.1957 , S. Iablokoff-Khzorian leg. Distribution . Great Britain , South and Central Europe, Ukraine , South European Russia , North Africa, Canary Islands, Cyprus , Israel , Syria , Asian Turkey , Iran , Armenia , Saudi Arabia , Turkmenistan , China , North Korea , Taiwan ( Knížek 2011b ; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017 , 2023 ); Armenia : as both Phloeosinus bicolor (Brullé, 1832) and Ph. transcaspicus Semenov, 1903 reported by Mirzoian (1951) from Tavush Province (Dilijan, Ijevan), by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1961 , 1976 ) without distribution data and by Mirzoian (1977) from North Armenia , Ararat valley and Meghri ( Syunik Province ). Hosts. Juniperus .