Morphological and molecular identification of the Iranian bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Abstract

A faunal and molecular taxonomic study of Iranian bark and ambrosia beetle species based on field collections, museum specimens and literature data was carried out from in the period 2011−2016. A total of 29 genera and 84 species were found for Iran. A morphological key for species identification is provided. Molecular identification based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (CO1) barcoding region gene was also performed for the collected specimens to confirm morphological identification, and an exclusive DNA barcode was provided and registered for the samples collected in this study. Host plants and distribution of each species in the Palearctic region and in Iran are reported in the key.

A preliminary checklist of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the Hyrcanian forests of Iran, with distributional data

“…List of saproxylic beetles in Hyrcanian forests, Iran. Sources: X = this study 1 = Amini et al 2020b;2 = Amini et al 2020c;3 = Amini et al 2017;4 = Amini and Nozari 2016;5 = Amini et al 2016;5 = Amini et al 2013;6 = Anlas and Newton 2010;7 = Bartolozzi et al 2014;= Beaver et al 2016;9 = Fanti and Ghahari 2016;10 = Farhangian et al 2013;11 = Esser et al 2018;12 = Ghahari et al 2011;13 = Ghahari et al 2015;14 = Ghahari et al 2017a;15 = Ghahari et al 2017b;16 = Ghahari and Legalov 2018;17 = Ghahari and Colloneilli 2019;18 = Jelínek 1981;19 = Lason and Ghahari 2013;20 = Liu et al 2016;21 = Mirutenko and Ghahari 2016;22 = Müller et al 2018;23 = Otero et al 2017;= Platia 2013;25 = Platia and Ghahari 2016;26 = Ruzzier et al 2017;27 = Sama et al 2008;28 = Samin et al 2011;29 = Samin et al 2018;= Thomas and Ghahari 2016;31 = Vinolas and Ghahari 2017;32 = Zappi and Ghahari 2016. * = in Distribution.…”