Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; Author Edmardash, Yusuf A. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; Author Mansour, Amany N. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; & Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo Egypt Author Imam, Ahmed I. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; & Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo Egypt & Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-22 5389 5 501 544 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5389.5.1/52536 journal article 283935 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1 0d0844c4-a92f-451d-a6ff-506ac743cccd 1175-5326 10421859 45230245-48E8-4BEF-B381-4CB8FCB264C1 Praon exsoletum (Nees, 1811) Fig. 3 (A, B) Material examined: 1♀ , Kharga Oasis ( New Valley ) [ 25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E ], May, 2022, blue pan trap in Vicia faba . Diagnosis. Antenna with 18 antennomeres, with scape, pedicel and F1 (somewhat darkened apically) yellowish; eyes with sparse short setae; face with central narrow hairless area margined by simple rows of hairs, with sparse setae between such rows of hairs and inner orbits of eye; lateral lobes of mesoscutum with large hairless areas; propodeum sparsely setose; vein m-cu of fore wing colourless throughout; petiole distinctly longer than wide, with indistinct lateral carinae, without elevated area between carinae, with a number of short fine setae along its sides; ovipositor sheath short, rounded apically, with two long spatulate or conical spines, and one longer seta in between spines. Distribution in the MENA: Algeria , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Yemen . Comments: Characters of the only collected female agree with Starý (1976: 57 , couplet 7) as well as Rakhshani et al. ’s key (2019: 65, couplet 25). This is the first record for P. exsoletum in association with faba bean . Its presence may be attributed to the fact that it is one of the primary parasitoids of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum , which is one of the most important pests attacking V. faba plant.