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 Phloeosinus Chapuis Key to species 1. Declivity with large teeth, rows of small tubercles or elevated interstriae …....................................... 2 - Declivity convex with interstiae equally convex, unarmed by teeth (some interstriae with small irregular granules) …...... 5 2. Base of eytral declivity armed with a larg incurved hook-like tooth near the suture and apical third of declivity armed with a smaller tooth. Pronotum with a median raised line. 3.0− 4.5 mm long…........................ .. P. armatus Reitter male Palaearctic distribution: Greece , Italy , Cyprus , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ( Knížek 2011 ), Iran ( Beaver et al . 2016 ). Iran distribution: East Azarbaijan ( Samin et al . 2011 ). Host plants in Iran : Cupressus sempervirens , C. arizonica ( Pfeffer 1995 ; Mohajer 2006). - Base of elytral declivity armed with acute and separate teeth or elevated interstriae. Pronotum without median raised line, 1.5−3.2 mm long….................................................................................... 3 3. Declivity with a row of acute and well separated teeth. Intestriae densely punctate, 1.5−2.0 times as wide as striae, bearing acute teeth at apex of first to seventh interstriae, 1.5−2.2 mm long. Cedrus …................................ P. cedri Brisout Palaearctic distribution: Spain , Algeria , Morocco , Turkey ( Bright & Skidmore 2002 ; Knížek 2011 ), Iran ( Beaver et al . 2016 ). Iran distribution: Mazandaran ( Samin et al . 2011 ). Host plants in Iran : Cedrus atlantica (Mohajer 2006; Pfeffer 1995 ), Cedrus libani ( Samin et al . 2011 ) . - Declivity with one or two crests of teeth. Cupressaceae …..................................................... 4 4. Only the third interstriae with crest of teeth along the declivity. Declivity with crest of teeth on third interstriae and some small teeth on fifth interstriae. Pronotum with a short median raised line. Frons convex with dense punctures, short hairs and a thin longitudinal raised line. 3.0− 4.5 mm long…............................................. P. armatus Perris female - Declivity with two crests of teeth on first and third interstriae. Elytra oval, 1.3−1.35 times as long as width, first interstriae expanded, showing posteriorly, in the upper part of the declivity, a crest of 8−10 small tubercles. Third interstriae convex with seven small tubercles arranged in row. Frons dense, with median longitudinal raised line. 2.0− 2.5 mm long…................................................................................................ P. aubei (Perris) male Palaearctic distribution: Albania , Armenia , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czechia , France , Great Britain , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Macedonia, The Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Spain , Russia , Switzerland , Ukraine , Serbia and Montenegro , Algeria , Canary Islands, Egypt , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia , Anhui, Beijing, Cyprus ( Knížek 2011 ), Iran ( Beaver et al . 2016 ). Iran distribution: Rasht-Guilan Province Amini et al . (2013) , Tehran and other northern provinces (Modares Awal 1997 ). Host plants in Iran : Juniperus communis , J. excelsa , J. sabina , J. phoenica , Cupressus sempervirens , Thuja orientalis ( Pfeffer 1995 ;; Mohajer 2006; Amini et al . 2013 ). 5. Declivity interstriae flat with small granules on first and third interstriae. Frons with raised median line. 2.0− 2.8 mm long…......................................................................................... P. aubei female - Declivity with convex (raised) first and third interstriae and concave second. Frons flat with short and disperse hairs. Interstriae with dense punctures, 1.5−2.0 times as width as striae. 1.5−2.2 mm long…............................ P. cedri female