Rawa Muhsen Youssef - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
Nabil Hasan Abo Kaf - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
Rafeek Aboud - Scientific Agricultural Research Centre, Latakia, Syria.

View on Scopus Stenomesius japonicus (Ashmead, ۱۹۰۴) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was collected for the first time from larvae of the tomato leaf-miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, ۱۹۱۷) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) infesting Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. in Syria. Diagnostic morphological characters, biology and distribution of the newly recorded species are provided. Its role in the biological or integrated control of T. absoluta remains to be evaluated. A list of all eulophid wasps recorded from Syria is also provided.

Eulophidae, parasitoid, Tuta absoluta, Syria