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 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1 1175-5326 10421859 45230245-48E8-4BEF-B381-4CB8FCB264C1 Diadegma insulare (Cresson, 1865) Fig. 15 (A, B) Material examined: 1♀ , Kharga Oasis ( New Valley ) [ 25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E ], May, 2022, white pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus . Diagnosis. Body (including antennae) black, tegula and humeral plate whitish; legs orange to yellowish, hind tibia with a subbasal and apical dark bands, whitish at base and between dark bands; ovipositor reddish, ovipositor sheath dark brown to black; occipital carina complete; antenna with 24 antennomeres; areolet of fore wing complete (vein 3rs-m present); vein 2m-cu of fore wing received slightly after the middle of areolet; area superomedia of propodeum narrowed posteriorly, indicated by slight angulation, transversely striated and granulated between striations; a median longitudinal carina could be seen on propodeum, posterior to costula; metasomal T 5 , T 6 not emarginate, T 7 with slight emargination; ovipositor distinctly longer than metatibia, about 0.7× as long as hind tibia. Distribution in the MENA: Egypt , Israel , Morocco . Comments: Characters of this specimen completely agree with Diadegma insulare in Azidah et al. ’s key (2000: 381, couplet 5). It also agrees with Azidah et al. (2000 , figs 16, 28, 30, 37, 43). Diadegma insulare has been recorded as a parasitoid of Plutella xylostella L. which is one of the major pests defoliating the canola crop, B. napus in different regions of the world ( Putman 1973 ; Cortez-Mondaca & Marciás-Cervantes 2007 ). This is the first record for the presence of D. insulare in association with faba bean intercropped with canola.