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).