Abstract Recent studies have revealed multiple roles of insect-associated microbes such as lignin degradation, entomopathogen inhibition, and antibiotic production. These functions improve insect host fitness, provide a novel source discovering beneficial for industrial agricultural Previously published research found that in the symbiosis formed by dipteran pest Delia antiqua (Meigen) (Diptera...

the anthomyiid fly, pegomya bicolor (wiedemann, 1817), is newly recorded from iran. it was collected during surveys on biocontrol agents of rumex spp. (polygonaceae) in urmia region, north west of iran. this leaf-mining fly is widely distributed in the palaearctic region on several species of rumex. voucher specimens are being held at the natural history museum of urmia university.