Phloeosinus Chapuis

Amini, Sudabe, Nozari, Jamasb, Martinez, Isabel, Hosseini, Reza & Faccoli, Massimo, 2020, Morphological and molecular identification of the Iranian bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4852 (3), pp. 251-284 : 269

Phloeosinus Chapuis

Key to species

1. Declivity with large teeth, rows of small tubercles or elevated interstriae …....................................... 2

- Declivity convex with interstiae equally convex, unarmed by teeth (some interstriae with small irregular granules) …...... 5

2. Base of eytral declivity armed with a larg incurved hook-like tooth near the suture and apical third of declivity armed with a smaller tooth. Pronotum with a median raised line. 3.0− 4.5 mm long…........................ .. P. armatus Reitter male

Palaearctic distribution: Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey ( Knížek 2011), Iran ( Beaver et al. 2016).

Iran distribution: East Azarbaijan ( Samin et al. 2011).

Host plants in Iran: Cupressus sempervirens , C. arizonica ( Pfeffer 1995; Mohajer 2006).

- Base of elytral declivity armed with acute and separate teeth or elevated interstriae. Pronotum without median raised line, 1.5−3.2 mm long….................................................................................... 3

3. Declivity with a row of acute and well separated teeth. Intestriae densely punctate, 1.5−2.0 times as wide as striae, bearing acute teeth at apex of first to seventh interstriae, 1.5−2.2 mm long. Cedrus …................................ P. cedri Brisout

Palaearctic distribution: Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey ( Bright & Skidmore 2002; Knížek 2011), Iran ( Beaver et al. 2016).

Iran distribution: Mazandaran ( Samin et al. 2011).

Host plants in Iran: Cedrus atlantica (Mohajer 2006; Pfeffer 1995), Cedrus libani ( Samin et al. 2011) .

- Declivity with one or two crests of teeth. Cupressaceae …..................................................... 4

4. Only the third interstriae with crest of teeth along the declivity. Declivity with crest of teeth on third interstriae and some small teeth on fifth interstriae. Pronotum with a short median raised line. Frons convex with dense punctures, short hairs and a thin longitudinal raised line. 3.0− 4.5 mm long…............................................. P. armatus Perris female

- Declivity with two crests of teeth on first and third interstriae. Elytra oval, 1.3−1.35 times as long as width, first interstriae expanded, showing posteriorly, in the upper part of the declivity, a crest of 8−10 small tubercles. Third interstriae convex with seven small tubercles arranged in row. Frons dense, with median longitudinal raised line. 2.0− 2.5 mm long…................................................................................................ P. aubei (Perris) male

Palaearctic distribution: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Serbia and Montenegro, Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Anhui, Beijing, Cyprus ( Knížek 2011), Iran ( Beaver et al. 2016).

Iran distribution: Rasht-Guilan Province Amini et al. (2013), Tehran and other northern provinces (Modares Awal 1997).

Host plants in Iran: Juniperus communis , J. excelsa , J. sabina , J. phoenica , Cupressus sempervirens , Thuja orientalis ( Pfeffer 1995;; Mohajer 2006; Amini et al. 2013).

5. Declivity interstriae flat with small granules on first and third interstriae. Frons with raised median line. 2.0− 2.8 mm long…......................................................................................... P. aubei female

- Declivity with convex (raised) first and third interstriae and concave second. Frons flat with short and disperse hairs. Interstriae with dense punctures, 1.5−2.0 times as width as striae. 1.5−2.2 mm long…............................ P. cedri female