Microctonus aethiopoides (Parasitoid wasp, Moroccan) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Microctonus aethiopoides

Microctonus aethiopoides is a species of endoparasitoid wasp belonging to the hymenopteran Subfamily Euphorinae. The Euphorinae are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used for biological pest control. They are sister group to the Meteorinae [1]. M. aethiopoides is recognised for its use as a biological control agent, specifically for their application in control of coleopteran pests such as weevils [2]. Significant morphological and developmental rate variation between M. aethiopoides populations have been observed [2].

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Taxonomy ID 144406

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_030272655.1].

The total length of the assembly is 120330635 bp contained within 13736 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 17930, the scaffold L50 value is 1634. The GC% content of the assembly is 29.5%.

Annotation

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from GenBank entry linked to the assembly with accession GCA_030272655.1.

Genomic annotation was deposited along with initial assembly submission by University of Otago.

Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Barratt, et al. Field Parasitism of Nontarget Weevil Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by the Introduced Biological Control Agent Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) over an Altitude Gradient, Environmental Entomology, (36),4, (2007). doi:10.1093/ee/36.4.826
2. Vink et. al. Genetic variation in Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Biological Control, (28),2. (2003). ISSN 1049-9644. doi: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00103-8