Taphrorychus ramicola (Reitter, 1894)

Distribution in Iran. Golestan (Samin et al. 2011).

General distribution. Bulgaria, South-West Russia, Syria, Turkey.

Taxonomy. This species has sometimes been placed in the genus Saliciphilus Sokanovskiy (Pfeffer 1985, 1994), but that genus is considered to be a synonym of Taphrorychus by Wood (1986) and Knížek (2011).

Biology. The species is recorded from Carpinus, Corylus (Betulaceae), and Fagus (Fagaceae) (Schedl 1961; Pfeffer 1995). In Iran, it has been recorded from Corylus avellana (Betulaceae) (Samin et al. 2011).