Aphidius gifuensis (Parasitoid wasp, YNYX2018) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Aphidius gifuensis

Aphidius gifuensis is a small wasp belonging to the Hymenopteran genus Aphidius (family "Braconidae"). This genus includes many species that provide biological pest control of aphids via endoparasitism. A. gifuensis (subfamily Aphidiinae) represents one of the most important natural enemies of aphids (Hemiptera) which have impacts across agricultural crops, greenhouses, and home gardens. Species with Aphidius are naturally abundant, having a cosmopolitan distribution, imparting significant control effects across many different pest species (1). After egg laying by the adult wasp, wasp larvae hatch and feed on the inside of an aphid. As the larvae mature, the hosts die and become slightly enlarged or mummified. Complete metamorphosis occurs within the host.

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Taxonomy ID 684658

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More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_014905175.1].

The total length of the assembly is 156964627 bp contained within 25 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 27481583, the scaffold L50 value is 3. Assembly gaps span 11200 bp. The GC% content of the assembly is 0.0%.

Annotation

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v100. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Godfray, H. Charles J. Parasitoids: behavioral and evolutionary ecology. Vol. 67. Princeton University Press, 1994.