43. Orthotomicus suturalis (Gyllenhal, 1827)

Material. Lori: Gyulagarak, 18.07.1954, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. ; Vahagnadzor, 02.06.1949, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. ; Vanadzor, tree nursery, 18.07.1950, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. (2 ex.) .

Distribution. Great Britain, West Europe to Scandinavian and Baltic cointries, Belarus, Moldavia, Ukraine, European Russia, Asian Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Siberia, Russian Far East, Korea, Japan; introduced to Iceland (Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017, 2023); reported by Stark (1952) from Caucasus and by Arnoldi et al. (1955) and Nikitsky & Izhevsky (2005) also from Transcaucasia without country data. Armenia: reported by Mirzoian (1951) from Lori (Vanadzor) amd Tavush (Dilijan, Ijevan) Provinces, later by him (Mirzoian, 1977) from North Armenia, Yerevan and Hrazdan (Kotayk Province) and by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1961, 1976) without distribution data.

Hosts. Pinus .