Genome sequence data of Ascogaster reticulata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
- 1Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Abstract
Parasitoid wasps develop in or on other arthropods and have evolved a wide range of strategies for exploiting their hosts. Ascogaster reticulata is a solitary egg to larval endoparasitoid wasp belonging to the subfamily Cheloninae of Braconidae. We constructed a genome assembly using long-read sequence data. The assembled genome was 280.5 Mbp, consisting of 209 contigs. The N50 value and GC content ratio were 13.9 Mbp and 30.43%, respectively. The percentage of transposable elements and repetitive regions was 52.43%. The predicted number of genes is 27,261. Merqury revealed that the QV value and completeness of the genome were 61.79 and 99.3917%, respectively. BUSCO analysis detected approximately 99% of the core genes. These results suggest that the genome data were of sufficient quality for use as a reference genome. Therefore, these data can be utilized as a genomic resource for comparative studies within Braconidae and for future investigations into the biology and evolution of Cheloninae parasitoid wasps.
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BibTeX
@misc{yokoi2026genome,
title = {{Genome sequence data of Ascogaster reticulata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}},
author = {K. Yokoi and Y. Kainoh and M. Kanda and S. Kuwasaki and K. Kimura and H. Bono},
howpublished = {bioRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.64898/2026.10.06.756916},
url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.06.756916v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Genome sequence data of Ascogaster reticulata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
AU - K. Yokoi
AU - Y. Kainoh
AU - M. Kanda
AU - S. Kuwasaki
AU - K. Kimura
AU - H. Bono
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/06
PB - bioRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.10.06.756916
UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.06.756916v1
AB - Parasitoid wasps develop in or on other arthropods and have evolved a wide range of strategies for exploiting their hosts. Ascogaster reticulata is a solitary egg to larval endoparasitoid wasp belonging to the subfamily Cheloninae of Braconidae. We constructed a genome assembly using long-read sequence data. The assembled genome was 280.5 Mbp, consisting of 209 contigs. The N50 value and GC content ratio were 13.9 Mbp and 30.43%, respectively. The percentage of transposable elements and repetitive regions was 52.43%. The predicted number of genes is 27,261. Merqury revealed that the QV value and completeness of the genome were 61.79 and 99.3917%, respectively. BUSCO analysis detected approximately 99% of the core genes. These results suggest that the genome data were of sufficient quality for use as a reference genome. Therefore, these data can be utilized as a genomic resource for comparative studies within Braconidae and for future investigations into the biology and evolution of Cheloninae parasitoid wasps.
ER -