36. Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal, 1827)

Material. Lori: env. Lernahovit, N 41.1565° E 44.4052°, 1730 m, 18.09.2021, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. ; same data, but N 41.1565° E 44.4052°, 1730 m, 18.09.2021; Tavush: Ijevan, forest, 20.09.1950, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg.; env. Koghb, “Zikatar” Environmental Center, pine artificial forest, N41.1221° E44.9232°, 1310 m, pheromone traps, 25.05.– 05.07.2023, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. (4 ex.); Dilijan, Visitor Center of “Dilijan” National Park, pine artificial forest, N40.7489° E44.8678°, 1275 m, pheromone traps, 05.05.– 04.07. (3 ex.) , 04.07.– 17.08.2023 (2 ex.); Gegharkunik: env. Tsovagyugh, N 40.5869° E 44.9687°, 1960 m, branches of Pinus, collected 09.09.2022, beetles emerged 20– 25.09.2022, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. (11 ex.) ; same locality, but N40.6120° E44.9575°, 1931 m, 01.05.2023, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. (6 ex.); Kotayk: Hankavan, N 40.6269° E 44.4710°, 2017 m, 15.04.2021, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. (15 ex.) ; same data, but N40.6302° E44.4729°, 1990 m, branches of Pinus, collected 27.04.2022, beetles emerged 29.04.– 10.05.2022, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. (35 ex.) .

Distribution. Great Britain, West Europe, Ukraine, European Russia, “Caucasus”, Syria, Asian Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Russian Far East, China, Korea, Japan, Oriental Region (Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga & al., 2017, 2023); reporterd by Stark (1952) from Caucasus and by Arnoldi et al. (1955) and Nikitsky & Izhevsky (2005) also from Transcaucasia. Armenia: reported by Mirzoian (1951) from Dilijan and later by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1976) and Mirzoian (1977) as widely distributed in all Armenian pine forests.

Hosts. Pinus .