حصر لأنواع ذباب الثمار و المتطفلات الحشرية المصاحبة له على عدد من أعشاب العائلة النجمية في جنوبي سورية

Abstract EN

Plant and insect samples were collected from the most common weed species belonging to the family Asteraceae from various habitats in Damascus, Damascus countryside and Alswaida governorates in southern Syria in 2014.

Plant and the emerged insect species, including fruit flies and parasitoids, were identified and described.

Five species of fruit flies emerged from the heads of Asteraceae weeds; Acanthiophilus helianthi, Chaetorellia carthami, Chaetostomella cylindrical, Oralla colon, and Trupanea amoena, in addition to two species collected from these plants by using the sweeping net; Tephritis luteipes and Urophora sp.

Moreover, seven parasitoid species were reported on the latter fruit fly species included: Bracon luteator, B.

intercessor, Eurytoma varicolor, E.

martelli and Torymus rubi in addition to Eurytoma sp.

and Torymus sp.