A checklist of the fruit flies (Diptera ¡ Tephritidae) of the province of Fars in southern Iran. Author Saghaei, Nazila text Arquivos Entomolóxicos 2016 16 103 117 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12765703 1989-6581 12765703 Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi, 1794) Distribution in Iran . Baluchestan, Khorasan ( Becker 1913 ); East Azerbaijan , Gorgan, Fars , Isfahan , Ghom ( Modarres Awal 1997 , Hatami et al . 2008 , Keyhanian 2008 ); Ilam ( Gharali & Zerova 2004 ); Tehran ( Mohamadzade Namin et al. 2010c ); Ardebil ( Mohamadzade Namin et al. 2010a ); Fars ( Fazel et al. 2011 , Soltanizadeh et al . 2015 ); Kurdistan (Mohamadzade Namin & Nozari 2011); West Azerbaijan ( Karimpour 2011 ); Kohkiloyeh & Boyerahmad (Saeidi & Nur Azura 2011a, b, Saeidi et al . 2011a, b, c); East Azerbaijan ( Gharajedaghi et al. 2011a , 2012a , b, Khaghaninia et al. 2012, Khaghaninia & Gharajedaghi 2012); Semnan , Alborz , Tehran , Qazvin , Khorasan Shomali, Khorasan Razavi, West Azerbaijan , Fars , Kohkiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Hormozgan , Khuzestan , Khorasan Jonubi, Kerman ( Korneyev & Dirlbek 2016 ). General distribution. Africa ( Ethiopia , Kenya , Sudan ), Asia ( India , Pakistan , Thailand ), Atlantic Islands (Madeira), Europe (all southern countries, plus the United Kingdom ) ( White & Elson-Harris 1992 ); Palaearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental Regions ( Merz 2008 ).