34. Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material. Lori: Vahagnadzor, 02.06.1949, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. ; Kotayk: Hankavan, N40.6302° E44.4729°, 1990 m, 29.04.2022, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg. ; Charentsavan, N40.4079° E44.6818°, 1760 m, 28.10.2023, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg.

Distribution. British Islands, West Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, European Russia, North Africa, Madeira, Cyprus, Israel, Asian Turkey, Iran, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Far East, China, Korea, Japan, Oriental Region; introduced to Nearctic Region (Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017, 2023); as Blastophagus reported by Stark (1952) and by Arnoldi et al. (1955) from Caucasus and as Tomicus by Nikitsky & Izhevsky (2005) also from Transcaucasia without country data. Armenia: also as Blastophagus reported by Mirzoian (1951) from Lori (Stepanavan) and Tavush (Dilijan, Ijevan) Provinces, and by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1976) and Mirzoian (1977) from all pine forests of the same Provinces.

Hosts. Pinus .