The increased preoccupation of the international community for the environmental pollution, the loss of the biodiversity and the gradual deterioration of the ecosystems, promotes the search of pest management's alternatives that are supported by biorational principles with minimum collateral effects. At a worldwide level, fruit flies are considered as one of the pests of greater commercial and quarantine importance. For this reason, plant health programs oil great scale Must be settled down for their control. Under this point of view, the augmentative biological control is outlined as one of the strategies that can resolve some of the limitations and requirements that at tile present moment display the control of this pest. In this work, we present a literary synthesis of the characteristics of the augmentative biological control and the antecedents for fruit flies, from where two species of parasitoids appears with greater potential to establish programs of this nature: Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) and Fopius arisanus (Sonan). The natural history of these species, their characteristics as natural enemies of fruit flies, and their mass rearing costs are analyzed. Several authors conclude that the biological control for augmentation of fruit flies can be integrated with other control methods, which reinforce the proposal that under certain ecological and social conditions, this type of control can be a properly eligible tool. Tephritidae (Cyclorrhapha) : Host, Parasite Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Braconidae) : Parasite Fopius arisanus (Braconidae) : Parasite Animals and man; Control; Biological control; Parasites diseases and disorders; Parasites; Insect parasites; Hosts; Insect hosts Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; Fopius arisanus; Control of; Tephritidae (Diptera); Dipteran hosts; Parasite potential for augmentative biological control of fruit pests; Tephritidae Tephritidae; Biological control; Augmentative biological control of fruit pests; review & potential of specific hymenopteran agents; Hymenopteran parasites; Diachasmimorpha & Fopius; Plant hosts none