Hypothenemus eruditus (Westwood, 1834)

Amini, Sudabe, Nozari, Jamasb, Mandelshtam, Michail Yu., Knížek, Miloš, Etemad, Vahid & Faccoli, Massimo, 2017, New records of Iranian bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and their host plants, Zootaxa 4350 (2) : -

Hypothenemus eruditus (Westwood, 1834)

Material examined. Guilan Province, Lakan, N 37º 09' 36", E 49º 34' 30", July 2011, breeding in twigs of Mulberry ( Morus sp.) ( Moraceae ), Sudabe Amini leg., 3 specimens (females); Guilan, Kochesfehan, N 37º 16' 39", E 49º 45' 62", July 2011, breeding in twigs of fig tree ( Ficus carica ) ( Moraceae ), Sudabe Amini leg., 1 spec. (female), Golestan Provience, Gorgan, N 36º 21' 80", E 53º 18' 64", on Alnus sp., Sudabe Amini leg., July 2015. Golestan Province, Gonbadkavous, N 37º 20' 97", E 55º 40' 98", breeding in twigs of Diospyros sp. ( Ebenaceae ), Sudabe Amini leg., August 2015 (5 specimens), Guilan, Asalem, on Pterocarya fraxinifolia, Sudabe Amini leg., July 2015.

H. eruditus was recorded on numerous host plants in Iran ( Beaver et al. 2016), our new host plants records for this species in Iran are Alnus sp. and Pterocarya fraxinifolia .