# Asobara

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***Asobara*** is a genus of [parasitoid wasps](/source/Parasitoid_wasp) in the family [Braconidae](/source/Braconidae). It contains around forty species.[2] The genus is best known for the *[Drosophila](/source/Drosophila)* parasitoid *[Asobara tabida](/source/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](/source/Hologenome_theory_of_evolution).[3][4][5] *Asobara tabida* is commensally infected with *Wolbachia*, and cannot reproduce in the absence of *[Wolbachia](/source/Wolbachia)* infection. As such, the genome of *Asobara* is directly tied to the genome of its commensal *Wolbachia* [symbiont](/source/Symbiosis), and the two are considered to have a [hologenome](/source/Hologenome).[5]

## References

1. Förster, A. 1862: Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 19: 225–288.

1. 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). [Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147382G](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016PLoSO..1147382G). [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147382](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147382). [ISSN 1932-6203](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1932-6203). [PMC 4739611](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4739611). [PMID 26840953](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26840953)

1. 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](https://doi.org/10.1163/002829682X00139). [ISSN 0028-2960](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0028-2960). [S2CID 84208667](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84208667)

1. 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](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998JInsP..44..807E). [doi:10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00013-4](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00013-4). [ISSN 0022-1910](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0022-1910). [PMID 12769876](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12769876)

1. 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](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005Hered..95..394D). [doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800739](https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800739). [PMID 16118660](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16118660)

## Further reading

- 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](https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12002). [ISSN 0307-6962](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0307-6962). [S2CID 83653944](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID: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*. Vol. 70. Advances in Parasitology. pp. 217–232. [doi:10.1016/S0065-308X(09)70008-9](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-308X(09)70008-9). ISBN 978-0-12-374792-1. [ISSN 0065-308X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0065-308X). [PMID 19773072](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/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](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010JInsP..56...35M). [doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.001](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.001). [ISSN 0022-1910](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0022-1910). [PMID 19769980](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19769980)

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