Asobara

Genus of wasps

Asobara

Asobara ajbelli by Des Helmore
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Hymenoptera

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Ichneumonoidea

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Braconidae

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Alysiinae

Genus:  |

Asobara

Förster, 1862[1]

Asobara is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It contains around forty species.[2] The genus is best known for the Drosophila parasitoid Asobara tabida, which is notable as both a model for parasitoid wasp infection in insects, and also as a representative of the hologenome theory of evolution.[3][4][5] Asobara tabida is commensally infected with Wolbachia, and cannot reproduce in the absence of Wolbachia infection. As such, the genome of Asobara is directly tied to the genome of its commensal Wolbachia symbiont, and the two are considered to have a hologenome.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Förster, A. 1862: Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 19: 225–288.
2. ^ Guerrieri, Emilio; Giorgini, Massimo; Cascone, Pasquale; Carpenito, Simona; Achterberg, Cees van (3 February 2016). "Species Diversity in the Parasitoid Genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Native Area of the Fruit Fly Pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0147382. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147382G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147382. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4739611. PMID 26840953.
3. ^ Van Alphen, J.J.M.; Janssen, A.R.M. (1981). "Host Selection By Asobara Tabida Nees (Braconidae; Alysiinae) a Larval Parasitoid of Fruit Inhabiting Drosophila Species". Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 32 (2): 194–214\. doi:10.1163/002829682X00139. ISSN 0028-2960. S2CID 84208667.
4. ^ Eslin, Patrice; Prévost, Geneviève (1998). "Hemocyte load and immune resistance to Asobara tabida are correlated in species of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup". Journal of Insect Physiology. 44 (9): 807–816\. Bibcode:1998JInsP..44..807E. doi:10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00013-4. ISSN 0022-1910. PMID 12769876.
5. ^ a b Dedeine F, Boulétreau M, Vavre F (2005). "Wolbachia requirement for oogenesis: occurrence within the genus Asobara (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) and evidence for intraspecific variation in A. tabida". Heredity (Edinb). 95 (5): 394–400\. Bibcode:2005Hered..95..394D. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800739. PMID 16118660.

## Further reading

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* Poyet, Mathilde; Havard, Sebastien; Prevost, Genevieve; Chabrerie, Olivier; Doury, Geraldine; Gibert, Patricia; Eslin, Patrice (2013). "Resistance of Drosophila suzukii to the larval parasitoids Leptopilina heterotoma and Asobara japonica is related to haemocyte load". Physiological Entomology. 38 (1): 45–53\. doi:10.1111/phen.12002. ISSN 0307-6962. S2CID 83653944.
* Rolff, J., and A. R. Kraaijeveld. "Host preference and survival in selected lines of a Drosophila parasitoid, Asobara tabida." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14.5 (2001): 742–745.
* Green, D. M., A. R. Kraaijeveld, and H. C. J. Godfray. "Evolutionary interactions between Drosophila melanogaster and its parasitoid Asobara tabida." Heredity85.5 (2000): 450–458.
* Moreau, Sébastien J.M.; Vinchon, Sophie; Cherqui, Anas; Prévost, Geneviève (2009). "Chapter 8 Components of Asobara Venoms and their Effects on Hosts". Chapter 8 Components of Asobara Venoms and their Effects on Hosts. Advances in Parasitology. Vol. 70\. pp. 217–232\. doi:10.1016/S0065-308X(09)70008-9. ISBN 9780123747921. ISSN 0065-308X. PMID 19773072.
* Mabiala-Moundoungou, A.D.N.; Doury, G.; Eslin, P.; Cherqui, A.; Prévost, G. (2010). "Deadly venom of Asobara japonica parasitoid needs ovarian antidote to regulate host physiology". Journal of Insect Physiology. 56 (1): 35–41\. Bibcode:2010JInsP..56...35M. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.001. ISSN 0022-1910. PMID 19769980.

## External links

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* "Asobara". The Encyclopedia of Life.

Taxon identifiers

Asobara|

* Wikidata: Q14507940
* Wikispecies: Asobara
* AFD: Asobara
* BOLD: 80828
* BugGuide: 1187180
* CoL: 33Y2
* EoL: 73797
* Fauna Europaea: 341013
* Fauna Europaea (new): 05d437a4-ae70-4c87-81d1-05496eb08483
* GBIF: 1255662
* iNaturalist: 375648
* IRMNG: 1114226
* ITIS: 152924
* NBN: NHMSYS0021223524
* NCBI: 58719
* NZOR: edf7bc24-a344-42ba-bcfb-b1e01d1fab9b
* Open Tree of Life: 901514
* Plazi: D4F0604F-61DD-C34A-8E1B-B8A877392238

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