The First Report of Occurrence of Feltiella acarisuga Vallot (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Iran

During a faunistic survey of natural enemies of spider mites of genus Tetranychus in Mashhad and vicinity، a predatory gall midge species belonging to the family Cecidomyiidae was collected and identified as Feltiella acarisuga Vallot. F. acarisuga is one of the ten species in the genus Feltiella and an important biological control agent of tetranychid mites has previously been reported from various countries in Palearctic، Nearctic and other regions in the world. This is the first report of the species from Iran.