Fruit flies (Dip.: Tephritidae) reared from capitula of Asteraceae in the Urmia region, Iran

Abstract

A list of 20 species of the subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the Urmia region (Azarbaijan-e Gharbi province, Iran) is presented. The specimens were collected during 2005-2008 from six different localities. Adults were obtained from overwintering and mature seed heads of 17 plant species of Asteraceae. The species, Urophora xanthippe (Munro, 1934) is newly recorded for the fauna of Iran. Thirteen new host plants are also reported for the first time. The host plants, collection date, locality as well as general distribution and associated plants of each species are given.

Keywords

• tephritidae
• fauna
• asteraceae
• host plants
• fruit flies
• urmia
• iran