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We surveyed 15 wild and cultivated plant species in search of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) parasitoids during 4 years (1993–1996) in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The following species were infested by Anastrepha larvae: Spondias purpurea L., S. mombin L., Tapirira mexicana Marchand, Mangifera indica L. (all Anacardiaceae), Ximenia americana L. (Olacaceae), Citrus sinensis L. and Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex. (Rutaceae), Psidium guajava L., P. sartorianum (Berg.), P. guineense Sw., Syzygium jambos L., Myrciaria floribunda (West) O. Berg. (all Myrtaceae), Chrysophyllum mexicanum (Brandegce) ex. Standley and Calocarpum mammosum L. (Sapotaceae), and Passiflora foetida L. (Passifloraceae). Of these, only C. mexicanum, C. edulis, and P. foetida did not harbor parasitoids. We identified 10 native and exotic larval–pupal parasitoid species (all Hymenoptera): Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti), D …