Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1836 Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Tehran, and other northern provinces (Amini et al. 2013; Modarres Awal 1997 (as Hypothenemus lezhavai Pjatnitskii, 1929 and Hypothenemus aspericollis Wollaston, 1860 (see Ghahari & Colonelli 2012)), Iran (no locality cited) (Balachowsky 1949; Mifsud & Knížek 2009; Knížek 2011). General distribution. Circumtropical and subtropical. This is one of the most widespread and commonly collected scolytines in warmer parts of the world (Wood 2007). Biology. Recorded from the twigs, branches, seeds, and fruits of hundreds of plant species (Wood 2007). In Iran it has been recorded from the following plants: Pistacia vera (Anacardiaceae), Diospyros kaki, D. lotus (Ebenaceae), Robinia pseudoacacia, Wisteria floribunda (Fabaceae), Laurus nobilis (Lauraceae), Ficus carica, Ficus sp., Morus alba, Morus sp. (Moraceae), Fraxinus excelsior, Olea europea (Oleaceae), Pinus sp. (Pinaceae), Platanus orientalis (Platanaceae), Cerasus avium, Prunus amygdalus, P. armeniaca, Prunus domestica, Pyrus communis (Rosaceae), Citrus sp. (Rutaceae), Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae), Tilia begonifolia (Tiliaceae) (Amini et al. 2013; Modarres Awal 1997).

Published as part of Beaver, Roger A., Ghahari, Hassan & Sanguansub, Sunisa, 2016, An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran, pp. 401-441 in Zootaxa 4098 (3) on page 404, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258895