Faunistic studies on the fruit flies of the family Tephritidae in Gilan province

Subject Areas : Plant Pests

Mohammad  Sedighi Sadr ¹ (Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran)
Saeed  Mohammadzade Namin ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran)

Received: 2015-06-24 Accepted : 2015-12-12 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: fauna, Tephritidae, Gilan province, Diptera,

Abstract :

With about 4500 species, the Tephritidae is one of the most important families of acalyptrate Diptera. Most species are phytophagous and cause economical damage to agricultural crops and some of them effectively used in biological control programs against weeds. During studies on tephritid flies fauna in Gilan Province (Iran) in 2013–2015, 19 species of 11 genera are found to occur in this region. 17 species are recorded for the first time from Gilan province. The list of 25 species of fruit flies that occur in Gilan province is provided.