Asobara is a genus of
parasitoid wasp in the family
Braconidae. The genus is best known for the
Drosophila parasitoid
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.
Asobara tabida is commensally infected with
Wolbachia, and cannot reproduce in the absence of
Wolbachia infection. As such, the genome of
Asobara is directly tied to the genome of its commensal Wolbachia
symbiont, and the two are considered to have a
hologenome.
