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 Virgichneumon callicerus (Gravenhorst, 1820) Figs 22 (A–C), 23 (A–C) Material examined: 1♂ , Kharga Oasis ( New Valley ) [ 25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E ], May, 2022, yellow pan trap in V. faba . Diagnosis. Black in the following parts: head (except a small whitish attached to posterior margin of eye), pronotum (except two transverse whitish spots anteriorly), mesosoma (except whitish scutellum), base of metasomal petiole and T 4-7 (except whitish posterior margins of T 5–7 ); clypeus black, with two large reddish to orange markings laterally; metasomal T 1 (mostly), T 2 , T 3 reddish brown; legs reddish except for the black coxae, trochanters and hind tibial apex, tarsi darker; antenna black, with F7–11 whitish dorsally; ovipositor clearly red, sheath black with whitish apex; wing with dark brown dark brown, with small whitish base, rest of veins brownish. Clypeus nearly flattened, with slightly upturned rounded apical margin, coarsely punctate at base; antenna with 33 antennomeres; mesosoma densely punctate and shiny (except scutellum smooth, impunctate). Fore wing with pentagonal areolet, distinctly narrowed above; vein cu-a nearly interstitial, or slightly postfurcal. Distribution in the MENA: Egypt (new record), Iran , Turkey . Comments: Virgichneumon callicerus is a new record to Egypt , as well as a new record in association with faba bean .