An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran Author Beaver, Roger A. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Sanguansub, Sunisa text Zootaxa 2016 4098 3 401 441 journal article 48589 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.1 8770e7d9-65f4-4cee-a935-a5f365a95f32 1175-5326 258895 00F1BDB5-AB25-47A0-B789-2E05D2E683DE Scolytus confusus Eggers, 1922 This species was recorded in Iran from Guilan, Mazandaran, central, northern, southern and western provinces by Modarres Awal (1997) from unspecified forest trees and ‘ Rosaceae fruit trees’. The species is considered to be a synonym of Scolytus japonicus Chapuis, 1875 by Wood and Bright (1992) , and Knížek (2011) . It is recorded only from North and Northeast China , Korea , Mongolia , and Far East Russia ( Wood & Bright 1992 ). The very wide geographical separation of these areas from Iran , and the difficulty of identifying some species of Scolytus , suggest that the species may have been misidentified.