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 Habrobracon brevicornis (Wesmael, 1838) Fig. 8A Material examined: 1♀ , Kharga Oasis ( New Valley ) [ 25°14’02.8”N 30°31’32.2”E ], May, 2022, yellow pan trap in V. faba . Diagnosis. Female head mainly shiny orange with black on: ocellar triangle, middle area of upper face extending to between antennal bases then a small marking on middle of lower face and base of clypeus; antenna dark brown with paler scape and pedicel; pronotum pale brown to orange; mesoscutum with large U-shaped orange marking extending from posterior margin; scutellum orange, with small rounded black marking baso-medially; mesopleuron almost orange; metasoma with T 1 orange, black postero-medially, rest of tergites honey brownish, T 2 narrowly orange laterally; legs predominantly yellowish with black based femora and tarsi; ovipositor yellowish, ovipositor sheath dark brown. Fore wing with pterostigma bicolored, bright yellowish at basal half and dark brown at apical half. Characterized by the following:antenna with 15 antennomeres, slightly longer than length of head and mesosoma combined; setae on vertex short and adpressed, not reaching posterior ocellus; T 3-5 distinctly finely punctate; length of vein 3-SR of fore wing 1.1× length of vein r. Distribution in the MENA : Algeria , Cyprus , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Syria , Turkey . Comments: Characters of this species completely agree with those of Kittel & Maeto (2019 , pp. 2, 3). They also agree with those of van Achterberg & Polaszek (1996 , couplet 2, p. 27), but differs in having fore wing vein 3-SR 1.1× length of vein r (in van Achterberg & Polaszek 1996: 3 -SR 1.2–1.8× vein r). van Achterberg & Polaszek (1996) also found this character overlaps with H. hebetor (Say) in which 3-SR vein 0.9–1.2×, and rarely up to 1.4× length of vein r, this character was neglected by Kittel & Maeto (2019) . Habrobracon brevicornis is an extremely polyphagous ectoparasitoid, attacking Crambidae and Pyralidae in stored products and in the field, and other lepidopterous families may also be attacked in the field ( van Achterberg & Polaszek 1996 ). In Egypt , it has been reported as a larval parasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) ( Noctuidae ) ( Tawfik, 1977 as Bracon brevicornis ), as well as a larval parasitoid of Sesamia cretica Lederer ( Noctuidae ) attacking sorghum in Assiut Governorate ( Temerak 1982 ; Lutfallah & Esmat 1988 ). It was also recorded as an efficient parasitoid of the hibernating larvae of the maize borer Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner ( El-Sherif et al. 1987 ; Lutfallah & Esmat 1988 ; Abd El-Gawad 2000 ). Hafez et al. (1969) recorded H. brevicornis as one of the effective parasitoids of the bollworms Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) ( Gelechiidae ) and Earias insulana (Boisduval) ( Nolidae ) attacking cotton fields; as well as an efficient parasitoid of pupa of pomegranate pests Deudorix livia Klug ( Lycaenidae ) ( Hosny et al. 1966 ). Imam (2013) reported it as an efficient biocontrol agent against the greater wax moth Gallaria mellonella L., the almond moth, Cadra cautella Walker [= Ephestia cautella (Walker) ] ( Pyralidae ), and the olive leaf moth, Palpita vitrealis (Rossi) [= P. unionalis (Hübner) ] ( Crambidae ). This is the first record of H. brevicornis in association with faba bean . This association may be attributed to the control of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) one of the main pests affecting leaves of the plant.