Species

Nasonia vitripennis str. AsymCx

[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Pteromalidae | Pteromalinae | Nasonia ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | Panarthropoda | Arthropoda | Mandibulata | Pancrustacea | Hexapoda | Insecta | Dicondylia | Pterygota | Neoptera | Holometabola | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Parasitoida | Chalcidoidea | Pteromalidae | Pteromalinae | Nasonia Common: jewel wasp Comment: The parasitic hymenopteran Nasonia vitripennis is the genetic model for parasitoids, which control pest populations by laying their eggs on and killing other arthropods. Parasitoid wasps are utilized agriculturally to control crop damaging insects. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (7425) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Project: National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Eukaryotic Genomes Project Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info TSA v 1.0.0 2014-03-13 - 42.7 102.4 30223 -