In the years 2000-2005, a dipterous orobanche parasitoid, Phytomyza orobanchia (Kaltenbach, 1864) (Agromyzidae) and its hymenopterous parazitoids were collected from infested leaves of Orobanche ramosa L. in tomato fields from Sanliurfa (Koruklu) and Mardin (Ye silli) provinces, Turkey. The chalcidoid parasitoids are: Pronotalia orabanchiae [5] , Baryscapus phytomyzae [10] (Eulophidae), Sphegigaster orabanciae, Eupteromalus sp. (Pteromalidae), Aphelinus sp. (Aphelinidae) and a couple of

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... fied Braconidae. All of the chalcidoid parasitoids are new records for the Turkish fauna and their parasitizm rates are less than 6% in the natural population. The status of the parasitoids for biological control of O. ramosa is discussed for the region.